How to use Minecraft to understand the Metaverse and Web3

Cointelegraph

Published Apr 23, 2022 07:00AM ET

Updated Apr 23, 2022 08:40AM ET

The Metaverse is a term coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash to describe a future virtual reality-based online world. Some have gone as far as pronouncing Stephenson’s novel a prediction of the future.

Before you agree that it’s some mystical peek into the future and invoke the rules of time travel, let’s first investigate what the Metaverse is through the lens of something much more accessible: Minecraft. But, more on this later.

h3 The Minecraft metaverse is decentralized — nobody owns it/h3
h3 It’s immersive even with low-fi tech/h3 h3 Minecraft has a unique purpose/h3

Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph