June 22, 2025

Minecraft announced the hunt for bitcoins

The developers of the cult game Minecraft have launched a new server, SatoshiQuest, where gamers can take part inFinding a chest with real Bitcoin.

When you first enter Bitcoin Minecraft, the player receives the address of his unique wallet. Now his task is to find the hidden bitcoin faster than the rest, while fighting with villains and monsters.

In the event of the death of a character, each new life costs $ 1. The collected money is transferred to the Minecraft vault, it is for them that 1 BTC will be purchased for the winner.

The difficulty is that when a gamer approachesBitcoin treasury, the game instantly sends the chest coordinates to other participants. Since the number of users in the game exceeds tens of thousands, hundreds of players can appear in the radius of finding the treasury in a matter of seconds.

When one of the gamers wins, the systemautomatically transfers to him 85% of the winnings, the remaining 15% is sent back to the Minecraft store for payments to other participants. If, at the time of winning, the required amount is not available in the store, it will be charged gradually.

The game automatically checks and adjusts the price of bitcoin every 15 minutes.

It is noteworthy that part of the code for SatoshiQuest was taken from the Minecraft Bitquest quest, which rewarded players with cryptocurrency for killing monsters and closed last summer.

In November 2019, an online gaming platformDonnerlab has launched the multi-player first-person shooter Bitcoin Bounty Hunt, which allows players to hunt for bitcoins and collect “Satoshi cubes”.