{"id":476207,"date":"2022-07-21T04:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/minecraft-bans-nfts-and-blockchain-saying-they-dont-align-with-games-values\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T04:26:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T01:26:00","slug":"minecraft-bans-nfts-and-blockchain-saying-they-dont-align-with-games-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minecraft-bans-nfts-and-blockchain-saying-they-dont-align-with-games-values\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Minecraft bans NFTs and blockchain, saying they don\u2019t align with game\u2019s values"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af3eb9f23efc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/minecraft-bans-nfts-and-blockchain-saying-they-dont-align-with-games-values\/#Mike_Murphy\" >Mike Murphy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C_Minecraft_bans_NFTs_and_blockchain_saying_they_dont_align_with_games_values%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;: Minecraft bans NFTs and blockchain, saying they don\u2019t align with game\u2019s values&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98NFTs_are_not_inclusive_of_all_our_community_and_create_a_scenario_of_the_haves_and_the_have-nots_game_studio_says\"><\/span>\n  \u2018NFTs are not inclusive of all our community and create a scenario of the haves and the have-nots,\u2019 game studio says<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001042954\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          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But there\u2019s one place you won\u2019t be seeing any anytime soon: Minecraft.<\/p>\n<p> Mojang Studios, developers of the hugely popular world-building videogame, said Wednesday that nonfungible tokens and blockchain technologies \u201care <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly not something we will support or allow.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       While the NFT market has cooled a bit this year amid the crypto crash, it has boomed in recent years, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/market\/sothebys-bored-ape-nft-sale-1234603344\/\" class=\"icon none\">multimillion-dollar sales<\/a>, as well as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/nft-platform-premint-users-lose-over-400k-nfts-to-hack\/\" class=\"icon none\">costly hacks<\/a>. NFTs are digital data \u2014 often artwork or images \u2014 that can be collected and traded on the blockchain. Their value is in their uniqueness, like a one-of-a-kind trading card.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/article\/minecraft-and-nfts\" class=\"icon none\">But in a blog post<\/a> Wednesday, the Minecraft team cited that very exclusivity as a problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNFTs and other blockchain technologies [create] digital ownership based on scarcity and exclusion, which does not align with Minecraft values of creative inclusion and playing together,\u201d they said. \u201cNFTs are not inclusive of all our community and create a scenario of the haves and the have-nots. The speculative pricing and investment mentality around NFTs takes the focus away from playing the game and encourages profiteering, which we think is inconsistent with the long-term joy and success of our players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company also noted its concern that Minecraft players who buy NFTs could be susceptible to fraud and unreliable brokers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs such, to ensure that Minecraft players have a safe and inclusive experience, blockchain technologies are not permitted to be integrated inside our Minecraft client and server <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications nor may they be utilized to create NFTs associated with any in-game content, including worlds, skins, persona items, or other mods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minecraft said that while it would keep an eye on how that particular <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> evolves, it has \u201cno plans of implementing blockchain technology\u201d currently.<\/p>\n<p>A number of other videogame studios, such as Square Enix, Konami and Sega, have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-26\/minecraft-developers-challenge-game-industry-s-nft-love-affair?utm_source=pocket_mylist&amp;sref=Oeyjq8by\" class=\"icon none\">reportedly<\/a> expressed an openness to NFTs, while others, such as Ubisoft Entertainment and Team17 Group, have been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-02-11\/ubisoft-employees-push-back-hard-on-blockchain-initiative?sref=Oeyjq8by\" class=\"icon none\">forced to scuttle<\/a> NFT plans.<\/p>\n<p>Mojang Studios is owned by Microsoft Corp.<br \/>\n        MSFT,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/207732364\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+1.06%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       which bought it for $2.4 billion in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s Xbox unit has reportedly looked into NFTs and crypto, but has largely stayed away. Phil Spencer, Xbox\u2019s head of gaming, blasted NFTs as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/11\/16\/xbox-exploitive-nft-gaming-projects\" class=\"icon none\">\u201cexploitive\u201d in 2021<\/a>, and Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates has harshly criticized cryptocurrencies and NFTs as \u201c100% based on some sort of greater fool theory that somebody\u2019s going to pay more for it than I do.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Mike Murphy\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/mike-murphy\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmmmurf\",\"text\":\"@mmmmurf\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"mailto:mmurphy@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"mmurphy@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mike_Murphy\"><\/span>Mike Murphy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"142_MW\" author-name=\"Mike Murphy\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fminecraft-bans-nfts-and-blockchain-saying-they-dont-align-with-games-values-11658366802%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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