The best Minecraft servers on Java and Bedrock can be hard to find, so we've dug them out for you, alongside instructions on how to host your own if you prefer to. By Cheri Faulkner on June 20 ...

How do you host a Minecraft server? You like Minecraft, but you don't want to play with people you don't know. It's understandable: you can tell your friends to "eff off" a lot more comfortably ...

The biggest issue in Minecraft these days is the different editions of the game available. Minecraft Bedrock, for example, works across consoles while many players on PC still use the Java edition.

If you encounter the "missing profile public key" as server administrators, then there may be a fix worth exploring that can disable the need for secure connections via the server.properties file.