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A comment on 1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Project, and Discoveries. Parent comment

Re:1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Pr... by mcmoor on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @02:13AM (#48189830)
Whoever host the server? The difference is instead of only serving 50 people before lowering fps, instead now it can serve much more.
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Re:1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Pr... by Rohansi on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @05:24AM (#48191125)
> Whoever host the server?

Many are self hosted.

> The difference is instead of only serving 50 people before lowering fps, instead now it can serve much more.

2b2t has 920 players online right now. That's quite a lot for a single instance, IMO.

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Re:1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Pr... by MattCruikshank on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @09:19AM (#48192972)
It is, for Minecraft. But not in the scale of "people who might want to visit Middle Earth Minecraft," or "The Earth in Minecraft", or...
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Re:1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Pr... by mcmoor on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @10:09PM (#48202253)
Yeah I mean whoever hosts the server can add some (tiny?) expenses to host a "static" version of their server. Though I'm not sure why spectator mode isn't sufficient.
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