Viewer Experience & Rewards
Discover content, follow creators, and earn rewards by participating in the OikosTV network.
Watching & Discovery
Library & Playlists
Save your favorite videos, create custom playlists, and organize content for later viewing. Your library is synced across all your devices.
Search & Discovery
Use powerful filters to find trending content, new uploads, or specific categories of interest. The search engine uses Meilisearch for fast, accurate results.
OikosPeer & Rewards
What is OikosPeer?
OikosPeer is the peer client that powers the OikosTV network. By running it, you become a vital part of our decentralized distribution system.
How to Join
- Download the OikosPeer client for your platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux via CLI)
- Authenticate with your OikosTV account credentials
- Set a storage quota — choose how much disk space to allocate for chunk storage
- Start serving chunks! — the client will automatically begin participating in the network
Earning Rewards
Every time you successfully serve an encrypted video chunk to another viewer, you earn PeerCredits.
How credits are calculated:
| Factor | Impact |
|---|---|
| Chunk size served | Larger chunks = more credits |
| Serve speed | Faster delivery = bonus multiplier |
| Uptime consistency | Longer sessions = daily streak bonus |
Reachability & Earnings
Your computer can only earn credits when other viewers can actually connect to it. If your router is behind a NAT and blocks incoming connections, your peer is unreachable — it serves no chunks and earns no credits, no matter how much storage you allocate.
Peers that can accept inbound connections serve far more chunks, so a reachable peer earns significantly more than a NATted one. To maximise your earnings:
- Forward the serve port on your router to the computer running OikosPeer, or
- Enable UPnP / NAT-PMP in your router settings so the port opens automatically.
No restart is needed — the network re-checks reachability automatically once the port is open, and your peer starts earning as soon as it becomes reachable.
Redeeming Credits
- Check your balance in Settings → Rewards
- Navigate to the Rewards section
- Exchange your credits for Ad-Free Viewing Hours instantly!
Current exchange rate: 100 PeerCredits = 1 hour of ad-free viewing
Badges & Challenges
Participate in community challenges to earn exclusive badges and bonus credit multipliers.
Available challenges:
| Challenge | Reward |
|---|---|
| First Serve | Serve your first chunk |
| Marathon | Run OikosPeer for 24 hours straight |
| Top Contributor | Be in the top 10% of servers this month |
Privacy note
All chunks served through OikosPeer are encrypted with AES-256-GCM. You never see or store unencrypted video content — you're just relaying encrypted data packets.