I found EchelonMC and it is a hand built survival server on 1.21.1 that is made to last. It has been developed for about 2 months and it is hosted in Canada. The owner Eddy builds it based on player suggestions and they say over 100 suggestions are already in.

This server is trying to feel different from recycled SMPs. There is no pay to win and there are no main world resets planned. It is not a copy paste plugin pack style either and the focus is long term building real progression and a strong community. It also is not griefing focused.

You can earn Echelites currency just by playing like mining farming fishing exploring and building. There is also advanced land claiming with visual borders plus lots of settings like TNT and creeper control fire spread protection raid prevention fluid freeze mob spawn control and more.

There are teams so you can invite friends share access and use private team chat. There is auto pathing that makes paths under you and gives speed on them and you can toggle it. There are public builds you can list so people can visit vote and climb rankings. There are timed graves so your items are protected and you can recover them in a balanced way.