Minecraft has become one of the most popular video games in the world since its debut in 2009, to the point that Microsoft purchased the game and its parent business for a staggering $2.5 billion in 2014. 
It's no surprise that video games have exploded in popularity as a reliable source of escape and stress release. This was notably true for Minecraft, the all-time best-selling game, which had 141 million monthly active players in 2021. Players may create practically anything with a variety of simple three-dimensional blocks at their disposal. It was not only loved by teens and school-going kids but also inspired designers and architects. Players recreated the whole world of Game of Thrones, as well as an imagined rendition of Babylon's old metropolis and sophisticated monuments like France's Orleans Cathedral. The ambition of building the entire Earth now appeared possible, or at least worth pursuing, after the upheaval of the preceding two years and a simultaneous coding breakthrough. 
The largest team in this project named Build the Earth has 2,731 individuals from all over the world working toward a single goal: rebuilding New York City on a 1:1 scale, with each Minecraft construction block representing one cubic metre of real-world space. 
Minefact, a 21-year-old developer from Frankfurt who leads the New York City team, is the team's leader. He intended to use a generator he created in late 2019 to produce preliminary designs of structures inside the game using Google Maps data to establish his community in Frankfurt. He tried the application on New York City on the spur of the moment, and entire neighbourhoods appeared in grayscale across his screen. "Because the open-street map data in New York City is so fantastic," he continued, "the quality was so much better than in Frankfurt." He was enticed by the promise of recreating an architectural marvel and opted to forego his hometown in Germany in favour of the metropolis. Just as he was ready to begin, he was interrupted.

“Build the Earth” began in March 2020, when a user named PippenFTS posted a video on YouTube outlining two Minecraft changes he had done that had resulted in a rough, entirely terraformed outline of the Earth's geological surface. He proposed that it be filled with all of the world's buildings. 
The 9/11 Memorial was chosen as the by Minefact. The site's clean geometry — two similar pools surrounded by trees, near to a blocky, triangular museum erected on a level plot of ground — was excellent for block building. On his map, though, something odd was happening: the pool's squares were warped, stretching into rhombuses. Similar inconsistencies were noted by other gamers in other regions of the world. He explained, "We found the present projection didn't work." "As a result, we had to make a new one."

A time-lapse video of the 9/11 memorial construction activity is captivating to A time-lapse video of the 9/11 memorial construction activity is captivating to watch. Players fly in the air, their shadows streaking over the ground, obliterating the computer-generated shape. 
MineFact just shared photographs of additional areas of the community that are being built or upgraded, indicating that the project is continuing strong. 
  This type of creative release serves as a reminder that people can be very awesome at times. Giant efforts like these, whether they're gigantic Grand Theft Auto role-playing servers or other spectacular gaming creations, are proof of human inventiveness and enthusiasm. We could all need a little optimism, teamwork, and fun right now, even if you're not into constructing Minecraft worlds.