- Multiple projects are now building on top of the popular game ‘Minecraft.’
- NFT Worlds is one such project that is now on Minecraft.
- Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), the owner of Minecraft, has not yet approved of NFT Worlds.
Minecraft, the sandbox video game developed by Mojang Studios but currently owned by Microsoft, is turning into Web3. This is as a result of the changes made by developers who are trying to create a functional metaverse using Minecraft.
One such project building on Minecraft is NFT Worlds. NFT Worlds is a cryptocurrency-based game that has been built on third-party Minecraft servers. The co-founders ArkDev and Temptranquil (pseudonyms) describe NFT Worlds as a fully decentralized, fully customizable, community-driven, play to earn gaming platform. They have decided to build NFT worlds on Minecraft because Microsoft is a developer-friendly software. Moreover, they believe it is less rigid than competitors like Roblox.
Even so, there are inherent risks to building a Web3 world on top of an existing centralized game, especially one owned ...