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A PacketStream alternative that pays your own wallet

Both pay you for sharing internet you aren't using. PacketStream keeps a dollar balance in your PacketStream account and pays it out by PayPal. Otium has your earnings converted and sent to your own crypto wallet, shares only while you're away, and also mines with your computer.

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Otium and PacketStream side by side
	Otium	PacketStream
Where your earnings go	To your own wallet address in your coin, through a one-time conversion, once $1 has built up. Otium never holds your money.	A dollar balance in your PacketStream account: $0.10 for each GB shared, at today's rate.
Cashing out	Automatic. A payout waits while the network fee would be a large part of it: for USDT on TRON that's about $16.	From $5, in US dollars by PayPal only, paid within a week.
Fees	Otium's 2% of each payout.	A 3% cash-out fee; PayPal may charge its own.
Account and ID	No account and no ID: you paste a wallet address. An email is optional.	An account with a username and email, age 18 or over.
Devices	Windows, Linux and Apple-silicon Macs.	Windows 10 or newer, macOS 14 or newer, Linux through Docker, and Android 8 or newer (a direct download, not on Google Play). One device per internet address.
When it shares	Proxybase sharing runs only while you're away from the computer and stops when you're back.	While the app runs; closing the app doesn't stop sharing, you stop it in the app.
Also earns by	Mining with your graphics card and processor while you're away.	Referrals: 20% of what the people you refer earn from sharing, paid by PacketStream on top (a limited-time offer).

PacketStream's details are from its own pages, checked on 2 November 2026, and can change. See Sources below.

Where PacketStream is the better choice

PacketStream pays US dollars by PayPal, so you don't need a crypto wallet, runs on Android, and has one flat rate per GB with a low $5 minimum.

How selling your unused bandwidth works

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