{"id":162700,"date":"2023-09-26T04:10:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=162700"},"modified":"2023-09-26T04:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:40:43","slug":"minecraft-creator-notch-glad-theyre-cracking-down-on-bitcoin-reward-servers-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/minecraft-creator-notch-glad-theyre-cracking-down-on-bitcoin-reward-servers-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft Creator Notch: ‘Glad They’re Cracking Down’ on Bitcoin Reward Servers – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minecraft recently updated its usage guidelines to ban <\/span>play-to-earn models<\/span><\/a> and token-gating functionality on fan-operated game servers, clearing the way for developer Mojang to <\/span>reportedly threaten action<\/span><\/a> against a server that <\/span>paid players in Bitcoin<\/span><\/a>. A prominent figure has now come out in support of Mojang’s move: Minecraft creator Markus \u201cNotch\u201d Persson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Notch, who sold Mojang and the Minecraft IP to Microsoft in 2014, replied in a tweet thread about <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i>\u2019s article covering the <\/span>Bitcoin<\/span><\/a> server.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’m glad they’re cracking down on nonsense like this,\u201d <\/span>Notch wrote<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’m glad they’re cracking down on nonsense like this. You’re welcome.<\/p>\n

\u2014 notch (@notch) September 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Decrypt<\/span><\/i> asked Notch for further clarification on his stance regarding Minecraft servers that utilize play-to-earn and NFT-gating features, but did not immediately hear back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Satlantis, an independent, fan-operated Minecraft server that paid players Bitcoin rewards for completing in-game tasks, announced on Friday that it would remove the earning feature after receiving a demand from Mojang.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a Discord post, Satlantis founder David Dineno said that \u201cMojang threatened to block our server IP and cease-and-desist our server host if we didn’t comply.” Satlantis removed the feature and said that it would migrate the experience to another gaming platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

Microsoft has not yet replied to <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i>\u2019s request to confirm the takedown request.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minecraft\u2019s <\/span>usage guidelines<\/span><\/a> were updated recently to add new restrictions around blockchain functionality. Player-run servers for the game cannot utilize play-to-earn models that let players \u201cearn real-world or out-of-game currency or in-game currency that can be cashed out for real-world currency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, Minecraft finally implemented its <\/span>long-awaited ban<\/span><\/a> on using NFT ownership to restrict access to in-game features. That ban was announced in July 2022 but <\/span>hadn\u2019t been implemented<\/span><\/a> nearly a year later, <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i> reported. It is now in effect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Microsoft <\/span>bought Mojang and the Minecraft IP<\/span><\/a> in 2014 for $2.5 billion, and Notch departed the studio he founded as a billionaire. <\/span>Forbes<\/span><\/i><\/a> estimates his current personal fortune at $1.2 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Notch has not been officially involved with Minecraft since then, and was apparently <\/span>blocked from attending<\/span><\/a> the game\u2019s 10-year anniversary event in 2019 following a string of controversial and transphobic comments on Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHis comments and opinions do not reflect those of Microsoft or Mojang and are not representative of Minecraft,\u201d a Microsoft representative told <\/span>Variety<\/span><\/i> in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Minecraft recently updated its usage guidelines to ban play-to-earn models and token-gating functionality on fan-operated game servers, clearing the way for developer Mojang to reportedly threaten action against a server that paid players in Bitcoin. A prominent figure has now come out in support of Mojang’s move: Minecraft creator Markus \u201cNotch\u201d Persson. Notch, who sold […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-162700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162703,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162700\/revisions\/162703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}