Minecraft Bans NFTs and Blockchain-Related Products

Developer behind the sandbox game Minecraft bans NFTs

Minecraft announced that NFTs and other blockchain products would not be supported by the studio or allowed in the game.

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Mojang said that NFTs run counter to the game’s values of cooperation and collaboration.

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Mojang reasoned that the virtual assets are by their nature extremely scarce collector’s items.

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“NFTs are not inclusive of all our community and create a scenario of the haves and have-nots,”the company behind the Minecraft game noted.

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The mind-set NFTs would introduce into “Minecraft” would tarnish players’ long-term enjoyment of the game, the company said in its statement.

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Mojang also blamed quality control, instances of fraud and NFTs sold at artificially inflated values for not allowing NFTs.

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However, the ban on NFTs was conditional; Mojang said it would pay “close attention” to how the technology evolves.

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