Why MinetestHosting.com?

Before MinetestHosting.com, you only had a few options if you wanted to setup a MInetest server for you and your friends to play:

Run a server from your house , which often involves opening a port on your router and setting up a Dynamic DNS service or giving out your home IP address (every time it changes).

, which often involves opening a port on your router and setting up a Dynamic DNS service or giving out your home IP address (every time it changes). Rent a Virtual Private Server (VPS) and setup and manage your Minetest server remotely, most likely (and cheaply) running Linux and using the command line to manage and configure everything.

and setup and manage your Minetest server remotely, most likely (and cheaply) running Linux and using the command line to manage and configure everything. Beg someone with one of the above already setup to host a server for you.

Now you can setup a public-facing MInetest server without fiddling with port forwarding and dynamic DNS, or dealing with the overhead of managing a VPS.