The Fall of Minecraft's 2b2t
What it is
FitMC tells how the Nocom exploit let griefers track players across Minecraft's oldest anarchy server, 2b2t, and the fallout that followed.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as the original, accurate account of the Nocom exploit, a story of years of player tracking and impressive technical work.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“That article has a lot of inaccuracies, typos, and general mistakes due to it being a summary of a YouTube video.”
Original video behind an inaccurate article summarizing 2b2t's fall
leijurv, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “Minecraft’s 'Worst' Server Was Exploited So Hard, Griefers Could See the Future”
“it details a story of gaslighting, 3 years of player data, and some really really impressive technical work”
Story of the Nocom exploit tracking every player, with gaslighting and three years of data
xcdzvyn, 2023-11 · Recommendation · in “Minecraft rewritten from scratch in Kotlin, hypixel works”
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Topics: 2b2t, nocom, minecraft, exploit, gaming history
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