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Isn't this against the EULA for Minecraft? I thought selling in-game items for real world money was prohibited.

I can't answer your question but i want to clarify that All Bitcoin spent in items go back to the players in form of 'loot money' and not used for monetisation. I hope that makes the difference,

I will try to get legal help for intepreting the EULA and hopefully if we break it we can modify the server so it meets requirements. (Charging for access? Sell only cosmetic items?)

As I recall Notch specifically used the word "monetization" in his announcement blog post. This is the intent of the EULA, so if there's a problem I assume it would be adjusted.

Cosmetics are allowed, as well as charging for overall access to the server. But "secondary currencies" or buying in-game advantages for real money are disallowed.

You may be thinking about the original terms for mods, which was a more general "don't monetize it".

> mods, which was a more general "don't monetize it".

You're right, I was mistaken.

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