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The article doesn't talk much about the currency's ability to liquidate back into local money, but you can be sure there will be exchange houses (legal or not)
by joezydeco 10y ago
The article doesn't talk much about the currency's ability to liquidate back into local money, but you can be sure there will be exchange houses (legal or not) that pop up.
I'm waiting to see who makes the first slot machine out of redstone.
- Navarr 10y agoThe money can't be spent "in-game" if that makes sense. Marketplace essentially adds another layer to Minecraft - it's not in the game, it's outside of it. You don't give coins to other players, you buy things from registered third party companies that are then paid in real money.
- dlhavema 10y ago+1 for this.. I'm guessing the proprietors would have to sell chips in the marketplace to actually get money, unless Microsoft adds a Player.takeMinecraftCoins(int) function...
- a_t48 10y agoThis is very much illegal in many places, fair warning.
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- a_t48 10y agoAt which point MS gets a nice visit from the Feds like Linden Lab did (see wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Policy_Regarding_Wagering_in_Second_Life for the resulting policies).