Hackers, skids, and hatters pose threats to Minecraft servers. Hackers use cheating techniques to gain advantages over other players and are difficult to permanently ban. Skids falsely claim hacking abilities and may try to take servers offline through DDoS attacks or recruit other hackers. Hatters are more skilled hackers who could potentially discover personal information to harass server owners. Minecraft originally only required logging into private servers but now offers paid Realms servers directly through Mojang to prevent hacking. The game has expanded from PC to consoles and mobile, opening new markets and allowing cross-platform play through a single version with the "Better Together" update.

1. MINECRAFT-
DISTRIBUTION

2. HACKERS
 Hackers: They can ruin the game for everyone else. They will do whatever they can to get
the edge of other players. Sometimes they'll 'be a little nice' and turn off a few hacks to
make it a little fair for others, but either way they should be Jailed or IP Banned as soon
as possible. A little warning.. Hackers can bypass bans. They have their methods, either to
change their Account or to change their IP. Either way you ban them, you can be sure
that they're probably going to come back.
 Skids: They're basically Hackers that (believe) they can do some Hollywood Hacks. Be
warned, as these are very similar to Hatters and can sometimes be confused. If it's a skid,
they'll threaten to DDos you, sue you, take your server offline, etc. Since they're also
'hackers', they - just as easily - can call on for more Hackers or Skids to join your server.
 Hatters: You probably won't see many Hatters, but if you do don't get a Hatter and a Skid
confused. It's easy to. A Hatter will take down your server if they can, which causes hosting issues
for your server and causes you to have to pay more money on your next bill if it goes over the limit.
If they're a more famous Hatter, and they're really annoyed at you.. Let's just say they can go as
deep as finding your phone number.

3. ORIGINALLY PLAYERS SIMPLY LOGGED IN TO PLAY. THIS
MEANT THE GAME COULD RUN OFF A FEW PRIVATE
SERVERS…..
There are two different account types associated with Minecraft: Minecraft accounts and
Mojang accounts. Minecraft accounts were the first way to log into Minecraft on a computer
and Mojang accounts were later introduced as a single account to use across all Mojang
games.

4. CLOUD SERVERS
Cross-platform games backed by cloud services create an unprecedented
audience of connected players around the world. Today’s best games like
Minecraft blend client and cloud into a single platform, creating shared
gaming experiences not possible before. Google Cloud Platform
synchronizes data across mobile, console, and PC, and lets you play your
game centrally from the cloud. You can also use Google’s pioneering
analytics to gain real-time insight into what’s working in your game.

5. Minecraft Realms is the latest service released by Mojang which lets
players rent a server directly from Mojang. Owners of a Minecraft
Realms-server can invite friends to their servers to play with them. The
servers are currently limited to a maximum of 20 players this way their
game will not be hacked or corrupted
REALMS – PRIVATE SERVERS

6. MINECRAFT WAS ORIGINALLY JUST A PC GAME –
BUT IS NOW AVAILABLE ON GAMING CONSOLES
AND MOBILES, ALL OF WHICH OPEN UP NEW
MARKETS FOR DISTRIBUTION.
 Minecraft has been available on tons of different devices in the past. Now, Microsoft is
finally bringing all those platforms together with the “Better Together” update, which is
rolling out today for Xbox One, mobile devices, and Windows 10 PCs.
 But the biggest advantage to creating a single version of Minecraft across all these
platforms is that cross-play will be possible between Minecraft games.
 Microsoft is calling this the first time a game has offered cross-play across all these
platforms, and with the addition of the Nintendo Switch to the mix, Minecraft could be
one of the first true platform-agnostic titles, which is an incredible thing.