Bitcoin and Minecraft Together At Last

What if you could really keep what you mined?  What if you could take the rewards of all that hard labour with you?  I set out to create a way to assign real worth, and external data to in-game objects. The first release is The Bit Mines.   My vision isn’t just around a single server but as a way for players to move their “progress” from SMP server to server, or to entirely different games or markets.  You play for a while and accumulate some “progress” and then turn around and buy ranks, items, or...

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The Bit Mines Website Has Moved!

The Bit Mines has gotten a brand new site all to itself. Please update any links, etc and make sure to go to www.thebitmines.com for all the latest and greatest taking place there.

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Claim Multipliers

We’ve added claim multipliers to The Bit Mines! This means that some block types are worth more than others. Check out all the details here!

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Zombie Nation Retired

The Zombie Nation has been retired. Information about it is now located within the Anthology of Interest. Thanks for a good run everyone!

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The Bit Mines

The Bit Mines Beta Has Come Online! See the www.thebitmines.com

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Server Update!

We’ve updated the core server and a number of plugins. Included in this update: LWC has been introduced as an alternative to ChestLock

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World Size Increase

Zombie Nation’s world was expanded by 200 blocks in all directions today. Enjoy the extra space!

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Guns have been disabled due to performance issues

We’ve isolated performance issues which arose last Wednesday down to the Gun plugin. It has been disabled pending further review.

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Performance Improvement Updates

We’ve switched to a new backup system which is *much* less resource intense on the server when creating our backups. You should see a noticeable improvement in experience during the hourly backups. Cheers!

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Hardware Updates Completed

The new hardware has been installed and the system reconfigured.

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