NFTs and blockchain expertise have been a controversial subject to say the least. Now Mojang have formally struck down any probability they’ll seem in Minecraft.
The developer posted an official assertion on their stance of NFTs and blockchain. The quick summery of it being they don’t assist them of their sport.
“To make sure that Minecraft gamers have a secure and inclusive expertise, blockchain applied sciences usually are not permitted to be built-in inside our shopper and server purposes, nor could Minecraft in-game content material resembling worlds, skins, persona objects, or different mods, be utilized by blockchain expertise to create a scarce digital asset,” the assertion reads.
Their main purpose for being in opposition to placing in NFTs inside their sport, and even permitting third-party servers from having the ability to take action, is inclusivity. In Mojang’s view, it goes in opposition to their values of making an inclusive group and taking part in collectively.
This possible stems from the fac that NFTs usually revolve round sources which are made artificially scarce. The idea itself is one they imagine is at odds with how they develop Minecraft, as this could “create a state of affairs of the haves and the have-nots”.
It’s additionally famous that they don’t have plans on implementing blockchain expertise. Nonetheless, Mojang does state they’re maintaining a tally of how this expertise grows they usually could take into account sooner or later implementing it in the event that they imagine it “enable for safer experiences or different sensible and inclusive purposes in gaming”.