Playing games to earn Bitcoin? The game "Minecraft" has set off a Bitcoin gold rush

November 29th, Global exchange rate volatility has made the game "Minecraft" popular. The recent continued strength of the US dollar has made Bitcoin a "safe haven" in the eyes of investors, and the Bitcoin server in the world-famous sandbox game "Minecraft" has attracted a large number of players.

Bitcoin was launched in 2009. At that time, there were 15 million Bitcoins in the world. In addition to being available for purchase on the market, Bitcoin can also be generated by cracking 64-bit mathematical problems on computers. At the end of 2013, the price of Bitcoin once surpassed that of gold. According to CoinDesk data, as of October this year, the global Bitcoin trading volume exceeded 47 million, a record high since records began in 2011. The recent strong trend has continued, with the US dollar price quoted at more than US$730.

In the game "Minecraft", players can "mine" Bitcoin by participating in the game, which has become another reason for global players to focus on the game.

Microsoft's Minecraft is a highly open game, known as the "online version of Lego", with over 100 million registered users, and is the most popular sandbox game in the world. This year, it was confirmed that NetEase will be the agent for its Chinese version, and it is expected to be officially launched in China next year. Some media predict that the number of players paying attention to it in China has exceeded 15 million. The super popularity has also attracted many companies to start creative businesses around the game, and BitQuset is one of them.

In 2014, BitQuset designed a Bitcoin server in Minecraft, where emeralds in the game can be exchanged for Bitcoin at an exchange rate of 1:1 million, which means that one emerald can be exchanged for about 0.04 cents of real money. Players only need to deposit their emeralds into the trading vault in the game, and they can get the corresponding Bitcoin in their Xapo wallet. Of course, in addition to exchanging Bitcoin, they can also exchange food and props in the game.

Since then, BitQuset has held an "architectural competition" in which the winner can receive one bitcoin, which not only allows players to show their amazing creativity, but also allows them to make some money. BitQuset said that the number of registered users is increasing and the "gold rush team" is expanding.

When a game that is popular all over the world is combined with a virtual currency that is currently the most recognized, its future prospects are exciting. Players can directly obtain virtual currency through in-game labor and exchange it for real money.

The game's Baidu Tieba "Minecraft Bar" currently has 1.32 million fans, and this number has increased by nearly 100,000 in one month. In addition to various tutorials and mod sharing, one of the recent hot topics is Bitcoin.

Some media commented that this is a revolution in the gaming industry. Although virtual item trading has already reached a certain scale, there is no official support for exchanging virtual currency for real currency. "Minecraft, with its strong creative attributes and many talented players, is the perfect platform to start this revolution." A Minecraft player wrote on Facebook.