Microsoft owned Minecraft says no to Blockchain tech and NFTs: Here’s why

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Mojang Studios, the developers behind the popular game Minecraft, has taken a hard stand regarding the use of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) on Minecraft. The company in a blog post said that the game won’t support NFTs and ‘blockchain tech’. Also Read — How to check other person’s calendar in Outlook 365: A step-by-step guide

“To ensure that Minecraft players have a safe and inclusive experience, blockchain technologies are not permitted to be integrated inside our client and server applications, nor may Minecraft in-game content such as worlds, skins, persona items, or other mods, be utilized by blockchain technology to create a scarce digital asset,” Mojang Studios wrote in a blog post. Also Read — How to turn off automatic updates in Windows 10: A step-by-step guide

For the unversed, Minecraft has a marketplace that enables third-party developers and creators to sell (and gamers to download) content such as skins, textures and whole worlds. These transactions happened via Minecraft Coins. Of lately, some creators had started selling NFTs that are connected to the game and are needed to cross certain levels in the game. Now, Mojang Studios has clarified that it does not support any of that. Also Read — Microsoft has detected a new phishing attack that can bypass multi-factor authentication: What it is, how it works

In the post elaborating its Community Guidelines on the use of NFTs and Blockchain-based technology, the Microsoft-owned game developer said, “NFTs can create models of scarcity and exclusion that conflict with our Guidelines and the spirit of Minecraft.”

The game developer also said that NFTs create a digital divide of ‘haves and have nots’ within the game and prevent all users have access to the same features