Pandamium runs an experimental vanilla SMP that updates to new snapshots and keeps the newest stuff coming fast. It is made for players who want to try brand new features early and talk about what is changing while playing.
The server aims to update every time a new snapshot drops and it uses experiments like game drops minecart improvements and the villager rebalance. They also do Minecraft Live watch parties twice a year and they recently moved to the 26.1 snapshots with new baby models golden dandelion craftable name tags and more.
The community is friendly and there are multiple towns you can join plus a diamond based trading economy. The server averages around 10 players online. The End gets reset every month for fresh end cities and there is an enhanced dragon fight once per month with a dragon egg prize but they try to never reset the overworld and nether.
Most features are done with data packs and they also use a couple small performance mods plus a mod that links Discord chat with Minecraft. You can use tpa homes and mailing. There is parkour ranks mini blocks mob heads for every mob and lots of custom advancements.
