
There was no main reason or big idea, it started out as any generic Minecraft test server in late 2010 where me and some friends played on to play the game. After being asked by Vice journalist Andrew Paul via email in 2015, the server operator stated: The founders are anonymous, choosing to remain unknown or known only via usernames the most prominent founder is commonly referred to as "Hausemaster" or "Hausmaster", who was described as "a quasi-mythical figure both praised and trolled" by Roisin Kiberd from Newsweek. The 2b2t Minecraft server was founded in December 2010. The basic story is that this guy who ran the Garry's Mod server started a Minecraft server with the same premise – that you can do anything you want – and this was then given to one of his friends, who we know as Hausemaster.

In a Rock, Paper, Shotgun article by Brendan Caldwell, 2b2t player James Rustles stated about the server's origin: The render displays the extreme amount of destruction and modification carried out to the terrain, including the construction of massive structures, such as the prominent Square and Compasses (upper right). An aerial render of the spawn region in July 2019, centered on the middle of the map with a diameter of just over 4,000 blocks.
