There are things to suggest that blocks are measured in metres (doing /near says the players distance in metres), however I believe no one really knows and its left up to the users imagination. I may be completely wrong, but that's my take on it.

 

i'm with office on this one, why does it need to be restricted by a measurement

 

Each block is 1 meter x 1 meter. So in essence, a two block tall building is 6' tall. I know steve is 5' 8", that's why he is able to jump through them.

 

Each block is 1 meter

 

Just a little reference material from the minecraft wiki:

 

According to the minecraft wiki, each block is one cubic meter, although me being an Amurrican, I generally think of them being one cubic yard. This puts the minecraft player at about 5'10" which is a fairly average height for people.

 

I use a cm stick not the old sysytum

 

I say its a meter, many things ingame suggest it is (statistics).

 

This.

 

It's a meter

 

Sorry, how would Steve be 2 feet tall? Of course it's meters!

 

It is a meter. It has always been a meter. When beta 1.8 was released, Mojang explained the enderman as "standing 3 meters tall", and in game the enderman is 3 blocks tall. The player is 7/8 of two meters, which is why you can stand under a 2 block opening or walk through a door.

Hope this helped

 

Did no one read the post I made in here from the minecraft wiki?

 

minecraft is swedish, sweden uses metric, meter it is.

Also official statements by mojang and it even says so on the minecraft wiki (As jakey pointed out earlier)

 

Swedish company, Swedish measurement. It's a meter, also 2 foot tall Steve.