I believe it was SgtSpike who was running a server where he was paying for certain tasks. This was however funded by mining equipment which is now past it's prime in term of earnings, and his server got popular, so it may not pay much at all now.
Hi! I found his server, its here
http://minecraftcc.com/index.php?forum/ if any of you want the links. It seems to still be active, people are still replying in the forum and everything, but I can't seem to get onto the server. GRRRR. Not sure why....
However! it is there, it is active, as far as I can tell, and he still does pay out for every block mined. It has dropped in price, dramatically, but I'm on a lot. XD so hopefully it will give me...something....XD
I hope this helps everyone!
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I am online right now using thebitmines.com as server address. Did you make sure to run Minecraft Version 1.6.4??
Ah nope, was using the current version. Connected now, will take a look when I have time. Thanks for the help =)
Managed to connect, seems dead to me though. There is one place near spawn that buys wood, but I cant sell any for some reason.