Minecraft NFT's... are BANNED.

If any NFT Bros get triggered by this video get mad at me not Ant lol

Personally, i think they were absolutely right in banning any and all NFT's from minecraft. Its not worth the headache whatsoever. There is just way too much chaos surrounding NFT's to ever be worth it.

NFTs thrive off the theft of other people's work. Minecraft flatly rejecting them is a good idea. Now they just need to moderate the Marketplace better. And maybe roll back the chat BS.

It's a shame that "blockchain" has become a synonym for a Merkle tree. A Merkle tree is a tree data structure where each node includes the hash of each of it's child nodes, so that the interdependent hashes can indicate changes in the data structure. These have been around since the 80s and is what might be useful for doing stuff like checking that a chat log hasn't been tampered with, for example. A "blockchain" is usually referring to a distributed Merkle tree more commonly used for things like bitcoin. Using the terms interchangeably because of "blockchain hype" is a mistake and only serves to misrepresent the technology to people who are either "pro" or "anti" blockchain.

Absolutely agree with the rejection of NFTs, good move from Mojang. My hope is that they eventually put more effort into weeding out the bad apples behind the still-plentiful P2W servers and on the Marketplace as they would with these people.

my favorite part of the video is the absolute tantrum that the nftworlds scammers threw after Mojang told them to get the hell out. Like, every single word in their statement was the absolute opposite of reality

A coworker found out I make art as a freelance hobby, and came to me one day to ask “Do you know what NFT’s are?” in his usual “I’m about to try to sell you something” voice. My immediate response was “Yes. No, I won’t.”

Man this was such a based decision by Mojang, granted I totally knew that would be coming because of how many of the developers said they'd quit if Minecraft after touched NFTs

feels like the classic thing all the NFT bros do, shout about "removing the middle man" between costumer and creator, only for them to become the middle man by litterally putting themselfs in the middle of a pre existing costumer-creator relationship, also adding extra steps to suck cash out of costumer in the prosses

A minor nitpick: The chat authentication system isn't really "blockchain". It uses a Merkle tree algorithm, which is incidentally also used in many blockchain implementations. But Merkle trees are used in a lot of situations where you need to verify new data based on old data. For example Git version control system is based on Merkle trees, but nobody says Git is "based on blockchain".

The fact that you and cavemanfilms still keep in touch is awesome dude

Mojang: Bans NFTs Everyone: Based.

I think this move in relation to NFTs was the right one, but the addition of chat reporting wasn't. I don't support the chat system, never have and never will, in any form. However, after seeing how many NFT-related scams keep constantly popping up (many of which a channel called Coffeezilla has exposed), it was probably a good decision, both in a business and reputational sense (Minecraft's reputation that is), for Mojang to ban NFTs from Minecraft.

I'm loving the increased production value here, not just the new cinematic angles, but also the little sets, that rugpull bit was perfect. Cave really flexin those editor skills right there.

5:20 - Actually, yes, it does. When you download a file, you usually download it perfecty. (Or bit by bit) This is why, when you compare it with a hash signature, it will return the same result. Because once the copy is done, you have no way to tell which file is which. (And this is why copying a file again and again usually doesn't result in corruption) What an NFT is is, well, nothing but a token. Sometimes, the very signature I talked about earlier. And the one creating th NFT sells you this token, telling you that you now "own" the image (despite the lack of legal precedents)

Kingbdogz and many other devs actually shared via twitter a web explaining everything wrong with NFTs in gaming, from ecological impact to scams and everything in between. I'm glad they have such a good reference on this matter.

It is amazing how much effort Antvenom can put into a video about something like Nfts! Keep up the good work!

I didn't know NFTs in Minecraft were this bad, I only thought the worst thing was people selling seeds for 5 dollars (that's real and I'm not even kidding).

Mojang was absolutely in the right here. Kudos to them for recognizing NFTs for the cancer on digital culture that they are, and nipping that problem in the bud. Now if only they'd de-implement the chat reporting feature and work on it properly as a side project completely unrelated to the game. They could turn that into the core of a social communication network... Oh, wait, they won't, because that market's already saturated.

5:22 Minor correction: if you download a NFT, the file you get has the same information as the original. (In fact, the blockchain stores only the url of the image in the case of "image/art" NFTs) A more accurate description of an NFT is a certificate of ownership. The file might be very easy to copy, but the certificate is not.