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Topic: Blocks of Crypto -- a Minecraft-Crypto Concept (Read 804 times)

jr. member
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I have yet to reread all of the previous posts, but if your main concern is with the micro-transaction part [specifically referring to withdrawals], then you can always utilize scheduled batch payments [e.g. twice a day] for Bitcoin withdrawals.

I have, of course, considered this. Most likely at launch we would be doing daily - at most - withdrawals, for anything below a set amount (probably <$50) for free and anything over that limit optionally instantly but with gas fees deducted. If it takes off, we will make this more frequent (every other hour?) with a percentage/set fee on a whichever-is-higher basis.

If you are dealing with micro transactions, bitcoin is not a good idea unless you hold onto their balance until they have a minimum.  

There will be a minimum to withdraw, as the game will likely include some way of generating or making a balance without depositing anything in the first place. Something to reward progression, funded by other fees or in some other way.



I've reopened my old source code and am downloading a LAMP instance + the latest papermc to test what I had going previously. I remember working on this while in camp during downtime and in the evenings when I had nothing to do. Looking forward to restarting this project.
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legendary
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Edit: One more question... is Bitcoin still the best cryptocurrency, in your opinion, to use for such a project, or would an altcoin like Ethereum serve the purpose better? (Or a token?)
I have yet to reread all of the previous posts, but if your main concern is with the micro-transaction part [specifically referring to withdrawals], then you can always utilize scheduled batch payments [e.g. twice a day] for Bitcoin withdrawals.

If you are dealing with micro transactions, bitcoin is not a good idea unless you hold onto their balance until they have a minimum. 
legendary
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Edit: One more question... is Bitcoin still the best cryptocurrency, in your opinion, to use for such a project, or would an altcoin like Ethereum serve the purpose better? (Or a token?)
I have yet to reread all of the previous posts, but if your main concern is with the micro-transaction part [specifically referring to withdrawals], then you can always utilize scheduled batch payments [e.g. twice a day] for Bitcoin withdrawals.
jr. member
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It has been nearly three years since this project's original conception. At the time of original posting, I was serving mandatory military service in Singapore. I've since moved on to university studies, and it's now summer break for me.

I am considering reopening the development on this project and would just like to gauge interest. Is this something you (the reader, personally) think would still be a successful project? What direction would you see this take? Any advice you can give?

Edit: One more question... is Bitcoin still the best cryptocurrency, in your opinion, to use for such a project, or would an altcoin like Ethereum serve the purpose better? (Or a token?)
jr. member
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Yes, I will be accepting testers. We'll run on the Bitcoin testnet for awhile.

I am super excited to see this project develop! Will you be accepting regular people as testers or only tech-savy people that are fimilar with the testnet and/or minecraft in general. As someone that hasn't played the game in a few years and that has never used the bitcoin testnet, I would still be interested in testing!

I believe I'll go for an open Alpha with bug bounties :-)

Also might be looking for donations, but won't start accepting any until at least a working prototype is out.

Plan to run regular contests for helping the server (community-voted most helpful member, most wiki contributions, most bug reports, etc) once the server is launched, plus an opening day tokens giveaway.
legendary
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Yes, I will be accepting testers. We'll run on the Bitcoin testnet for awhile.

I am super excited to see this project develop! Will you be accepting regular people as testers or only tech-savy people that are fimilar with the testnet and/or minecraft in general. As someone that hasn't played the game in a few years and that has never used the bitcoin testnet, I would still be interested in testing!
jr. member
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Are you accepting people to come test the server? I would be interested in alpha testing it and offering better suggestions on the server. I see that you have miners up and running is this using one of the plugins that exist on spigot or have you custom coded them? They look similar to the ones that exist on spigot. If you are custom coding everything why do you not use the ones that exist already? It would speed development time up and you could launch the server quicker.

Answers to your questions, in order:

Yes, I will be accepting testers. We'll run on the Bitcoin testnet for awhile.

Everything is custom coded. If you read the summary of what these miners do, you'd know there's no existing plugin/system that integrates them the way we plan to. Or is this information not readily available enough? That might be my fault.

I will begin populating the wiki with detailed information for interested parties such as yourself: https://wiki.blocksofcrypto.io
jr. member
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Just wanted to give a quick update over here, I've set up a Minecraft server and updated the forums with generic information as a future touchpoint instead of BitcoinTalk.org.

https://blocksofcrypto.io
sr. member
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Are you accepting people to come test the server? I would be interested in alpha testing it and offering better suggestions on the server. I see that you have miners up and running is this using one of the plugins that exist on spigot or have you custom coded them? They look similar to the ones that exist on spigot. If you are custom coding everything why do you not use the ones that exist already? It would speed development time up and you could launch the server quicker.
jr. member
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This project sounds extremely interesting and I might be interested in playing some minecraft again!
Asking as someone that hasn't played the game for like 8 years or so: Will we require the premium/payed version of the game ?

Yes.
legendary
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This project sounds extremely interesting and I might be interested in playing some minecraft again!
Asking as someone that hasn't played the game for like 8 years or so: Will we require the premium/payed version of the game ?
jr. member
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That is some fast coding. I think that allowing members to contribute to the wiki when the server is released publicly will help with keeping it up to date. You could still be the admin that approves of edits but writing a whole server worth of information and changing that every time something is changed in your plugins sounds like it will take away and slow down the development of the server.

I code in spurts whenever I feel like it, so yeah. A lot of the lines, of course, are very short. It's not like every line has the text of a paragraph. It could just be, for example, a "{".

Perhaps once the project is complete, I'll look into this community-driven wiki idea.
sr. member
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That is some fast coding. I think that allowing members to contribute to the wiki when the server is released publicly will help with keeping it up to date. You could still be the admin that approves of edits but writing a whole server worth of information and changing that every time something is changed in your plugins sounds like it will take away and slow down the development of the server.
jr. member
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Just calculated, altogether the project is now almost 8000 lines of code (excluding libraries).
All custom coded? How big is your team? If the plugins are custom coded then people will not be contributing to the wiki because they do not know how the plugins work. I think a wiki will be a ongoing project when you have released the server to the public.

Yes, 8000 lines was only including my own code. I'm a one-man team.

The wiki content will be written by me and me only.
sr. member
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Just calculated, altogether the project is now almost 8000 lines of code (excluding libraries).
All custom coded? How big is your team? If the plugins are custom coded then people will not be contributing to the wiki because they do not know how the plugins work. I think a wiki will be a ongoing project when you have released the server to the public.
jr. member
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Logo created.

Wiki also up: https://blocksofcrypto.io/wiki
jr. member
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jr. member
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I need someone to help create a summary of cryptocurrency for this page: https://blocksofcrypto.io/wiki/index.php/Cryptocurrency

I could do it myself, but any small contribution helps take some work off my plate. Register on the wiki and PM me the username you used on the wiki, if you'd like to help. I'll review the offer and let you know if you're accepted. Not to be an /r/ChoosingBeggar, just no point asking someone to do it if I assess it's not going to be a job well done.

Would any established (looking @ y'all, Legendary and Hero members) members of this community who are also native English speakers like to take a gander at this? Doesn't have to be a solo thing too, can be multiple people contributing.
jr. member
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Click to view fullsize image: click here

I've made a visual representation of what I've got going so far...

Missing:
- season pass information
- the Token -> Playcash exchange information
- withdrawal and deposit information

I'll get to it soon! Goodnight for now.

P.S. This image is now in the main thread.
jr. member
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Current lines of code: 8016

Here's what's left:
- Quests
- Economy setup (deciding prices for every. single. thing.)
- Coding variability of token <==> playcash exchange rate
- Token plants
- Miners' stats (very simple! 20 minute job)

Here's a picture of the basic miner. Model name subject to change. The big, green name is randomly generated for every miner and allows some sort of identification method, inspired by how the Helium network (altcoin) names their "miners".



Here's a video showing the miner information persistency over plugin reload / server restarts. Also note how it removes the item from inventory, even if in creative.

https://imgur.com/VFIpJRD

Each miner's information is stored on the server and the only identifying information is stored in an NBT tag on the item itself. It's impossible to create new miners or change their hashrates / exploit the system by editing the NBT information. Only the standalone server has access to the miner information. Here's me spawning in a miner with the UUID "this_is_a_fake_uuid" and trying to place it.

https://imgur.com/vqftjx0



Reminder to join the Discord server. I'm lonely... https://blockofcrypto.io/discord
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