n00b question: overview of architecture/design?

[stevesan]

Hi all,
I'm pretty new to Cuberite and Minecraft servers in general. I was wondering, is there a good overview of Cuberite's design? Or even of Minecraft's multiplayer architecture? For example, is it fundamentally server-authoritative with some client-side prediction? How does Cuberite's code make sure to stay in sync with Minecraft updates, if it does some prediction?

I'm really just curious about all this stuff - cheers!

--Steve