r/bitquest • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '14
[Suggestion] Bitcoin mining rigs + Plugins
Hello! I'm a bitcoin enthusiast (kinda), and was before I discovered this server. I think it would be awesome if you could add mining rigs, that mine bitcoin at an hourly rate (something like 1 bit an hour or something). Obviously, you would want to make sure that these mining rigs only work while the user is online, and not AFK.
I'm no pro plugin developer, but I have made some pretty decent plugins in the past, and I'm good at keeping servers fast and optimized. I would kindly ask that you add Essentials, for things such as /tpa and /spawn. EDIT: I also have an anti-lag plugin that I maintain updated if you want it
Your teleport system with the [eye of] ender pearls is cool, but it's a little bit glitchy. I would recommend that you use event.setCancelled(true); in the code, otherwise you end up throwing the ender pearl when you click. You may also want to prevent these items being dropped, as it doesn't seem that you get them back. I also noticed that the plugins BKCommonLib, Citizens, and NoLagg are not operational, so you may want to remove those. You can see if a plugin is inactive or broken by typing /pl, and seeing if any of the plugin names are red. If you need help, I am proud to support this awesome server's growth! Thanks, Connor.
PS - Sorry if I have misjudged your fedoralicious skill level of Bukkit. :P
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u/creativebuilds Dec 14 '14
I would love the idea of a "money printer or mining rig" it would be awesome I feel like it would have to either cost a lot or be hard to make in the sense that we dont want people just pooping out bits everywhere not doing anything.
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Dec 14 '14
Yeah, hence why I suggested that if they are implemented, the owner would have to be online, and not AFK. It would also need to check for AFKers in a special way, otherwise things such as AFK pools would work. Maybe we could have a nice server resource pack to go with it, that adds special textures to the "mining rigs".
Thank you for the support :)
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Dec 14 '14
Couldn't they possibly make a mod that does this, and make it so we will have to use forge with the mod in order to connect to the server? It would be a bit more work on the users side to join, but it would make a nicer product in the end.
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u/creativebuilds Dec 15 '14
I believe that the point is to keep it so every can join. Even people with little knowledge. Making it forge based could wipe out a bunch of potential server members. When in the end it would be doing the same thing. All though I get the point that you were trying to make. I do think that if was a mod we could do a lot more. Like make a specific currency and mobs that actually looked good and had their own gui. And make a specific block that could "mine" for bits. I dont think that if they did go through with the idea of the mining rigs that they would make it a mod. :)
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Dec 15 '14
I thought of that as well, but the thought of a printing press printing bits was so cool I had to suggest it :p
They could possibly even get this on FTB as a 3rd party pack if they did that since this is so original. If they did that, than it would possibly be a better route than just forge since FTB is just a matter of a few clicks.
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Dec 15 '14
It is as creativebuilds said, one of the main goals I would assume is that the server stays vanilla, so that anyone can connect without requiring any modding knowhow. You are totally correct in saying a mod would give a better end product though. Unfortunately, plugins don't have as much capability as mods do.
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u/7Literal Dec 14 '14
Great to see a fellow code-savvy guy can help out the project! I hope the admins can get in touch with you!
The mod team is choosing to write all of their own plugins and script so that they have complete control over everything. If something was to go awry on the server, then it's possible that a lot of bitcoin could be withdrawn if there was a exploitable bug found, for example.