|Created in August 2010 and opened to the public after two days of testing, MinecraftOnline is the oldest survival server, containing the oldest running server map. Sources conflict on whether MinecraftOnline or nerd.nu should be deemed the oldest ''Minecraft'' server.
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|[[Mineplex]]
|{{Dts|January 24, 2013}}
|Minigames server. In 2015, it held a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for the most popular ''Minecraft'' server at the time.
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