Back then, it was a game that was a lot better than it is now, even though you could only set one stone per minute at the time. XD
Through the community with mods etc.
So I've known Minecraft since 1.2.5 and there was nothing with delays. At most on servers with poor connections, at that time still Hamachi servers.
Since it was like life…
Only with blocks xD
I mean the very first version
Because you have so many options in Minecraft and it is fun to let off steam creatively
In 2010 it became famous because many YouTubers (Gronkh, EthosLab, Yogscast, Davidangel64, PewDiePie,.) Had the game Let's-Played, which made it increasingly popular.
In addition, Notch (the maker of Minecraft) was very active on Tumblr and released a Minecraft update and blog posts every week.
But the game was not famous. Did it just become more famous with advertising?