Minecraft, one of the world’s most popular games, has also been arguably the biggest to push back against cryptocurrency and NFT integrations. Developer Mojang and publisher Microsoft banned their use even within fan-operated online servers. That’s why it was a surprise to see Worldcoin announce a Minecraft integration last week.

Worldcoin is best known for its “Orb,” a device that scans a person’s retinas and generates a unique IrisCode, which is tracked on the project’s blockchain and used to generate a World ID to show “proof of personhood.” Participants are also given an airdrop of WLD crypto tokens, a key part of the Worldcoin ecosystem.

What does this have to do with Minecraft, the blocky sandbox game that became a worldwide sensation? Worldcoin’s app integration uses the World ID credential for user verification, letting Minecraft server operators require players to authenticate themselves before being granted certain in-game permissions.

“With the rising prominence of bots in online gaming, World ID provides a privac

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