[HN Gopher] Minecraft bans integration with NFTs and Blockchains
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Minecraft bans integration with NFTs and Blockchains
Author : jessmartin
Score : 65 points
Date : 2022-07-20 18:03 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| jrm4 wrote:
| Eh, not that I'm in love with crypto or Web3, but as I've been
| getting into server stuff and mods for my kids, it's really hard
| for me to see Microsoft's dealings with Minecraft as a hugely
| missed opportunity, perhaps even an all out failure. The
| "metaverse" people keep touting could have (relatively easily, I
| think) been nearly the sole perview of Minecraft if Microsoft
| didn't Microsoft Minecraft so hard.
|
| Even e.g. Roblox does a much better job of trying to integrate
| the creator/modder experience.
| creatonez wrote:
| Glad they cut this stuff off before it got too big.
| Cryptocurrency grifts have been taking over Minecraft Java
| Edition in the past year or so.
| whatisweb3 wrote:
| Not entirely surprising. Minecraft gets to maintain full control
| and custody, including extracting rent from any marketplace and
| assets selling on its platform, and at the same time look like
| the hero to the game community that so fervently hates NFTs.
| redsoxsouthie wrote:
| This is a refreshing stance from a company. Kids are too
| frequently treated as just a way into mom and dad's wallet.
| _aavaa_ wrote:
| This is not a "stance", Microsoft owns plenty of game studios
| which are more than happy to include in-app purchases for every
| skin, emoji, and loot box they can.
|
| They are preventing this for the reason others have already
| mentioned: they don't get a piece of the action.
| [deleted]
| arilotter wrote:
| how do you ban mods to your game when the mod distribution and
| SDK are entirely 3rd party?
| _aavaa_ wrote:
| By leveraging their ability to ban people from all servers, see
| the discussion from a few days ago.
|
| A) Ban from all servers (even private):
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860168
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| B) Forcing people to provide personal information to play the
| game at all: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32142847
|
| Together create effective permabans for anyone Microsoft wants
| syeare wrote:
| Surely, this ban does not apply to servers which do not
| connect connect to Mojang servers (e.g. online-mode set to
| false aka "cracked" servers)?
| _aavaa_ wrote:
| It applies to all servers, even java ones run by third
| parties: https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-
| us/articles/7317376541197-M...
|
| If you crack the game to not validate through Mojang
| servers, then it will probably bypass the ban, but I don't
| know if you'll be able to connect to a 3rd party server
| which excepts the users to be authenticated
| ilaksh wrote:
| Whatever you feel about NFTs or cryptocurrency, it's quite
| obvious that they are 100% lying about the reason they are doing
| this.
|
| The real reason is that cryptocurrency makes it relatively easy
| for people to transact without Microsoft taking a cut. That's it.
|
| Minetest had no such restrictions by the way.
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