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Java vs Bedrock server tracking
Minecraft Java and Minecraft Bedrock servers can both publish player counts, but they do it through different protocols and often through different proxy setups.
Java server status
Java servers are checked through the standard Java server list ping. MineTracker stores the reported online count, max count, version, latency and MOTD when available.
Bedrock server status
Bedrock servers are queried through the Bedrock status protocol. The site keeps Bedrock entries categorized separately so a Bedrock outage does not look like a Java failure.
Crossplay networks
Some networks accept both Java and Bedrock players through different addresses. MineTracker can show these entries separately while using alias signals to avoid obvious duplicate counting.
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