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How Minecraft's Title Screen Seed Was Found

SalC1 · Explainer · 8 min · 2020 · YouTube title: How the Minecraft Title Screen Seed was Found
Why it's here

HN points to it as a mind-blowing seed-cracking story related to other Minecraft RNG reversal work.

What it covers

SalC1 explains how the seed behind the Minecraft title screen panorama was found, using community effort and the Minecraft@Home project. It covers the search through Beta 1.7.3 world seeds.