Expanding Blockchain to the Mainstream with Magic + ICON
Since the announcement of our new passwordless SDK — Magic, we’ve been working hard on expanding our blockchain support beyond Ethereum. Today, we are excited to officially announce our support for the ICON blockchain via Magic, as well as ICON’s Bridge!
Many of you may be familiar with our Fortmatic, which is an SDK that decentralized applications (dApps) can integrate to seamlessly onboard users with familiar Web 2.0 style of authentication instead of having to rely on browser extensions or seed phrases. With Bridge, this single-sign-on style wallet is now available for all applications developed on the ICON blockchain! 🔥 It’s also exciting to add that Bridge is built with our very own Magic SDK with the ICON extension, which means every developer will be able to create their very own flavor of the Fortmatic widget!
Bridge will offer an SDK to ICON developers for easy integration of the Bridge widget into their application, which will help remove all user friction when using blockchain apps and hide away all the complexities associated with blockchain technology.
Under the hood, Bridge will create a Magic ICON wallet linked to their email address. When a user deposits fiat currency, ICON’s banking partner will take custody of their currency and Bridge will then mint fiat-backed stablecoins for the user. To the end-user, all they have done is log-in with their email and deposit money into their Bridge account.
Together with Magic + ICON, we are opening up the door for developers to build user-friendly blockchain applications — some may not even require prior knowledge of blockchain or cryptocurrencies. By working together with our blockchain partners, we are looking to expand the entire blockchain market far beyond the cryptocurrency price hype, across the globe.
👉 Please follow the Magic ICON documentation to get started adding passwordless authentication to your ICON application! 🚀 You can also read more about ICON Bridge.
