Minecraft Java edition code no longer obfuscated

A minecraft wall torch

Minecraft, created by Markus “Notch” Persson long before it became the most successful game of all time and a $2bn payday to Microsoft, was written in Java. Notch obfuscated the code to prevent others from swiping it, though with success it didn’t stop fans building a vast ecology of hacks and other additions to the basic game. Aft…