We’ve evolved our smart account infrastructure into a complete Embedded Wallet solution. This unifies authentication, in-app signing, and account management into a single tool, making it easier for developers to build onchain apps that feel like traditional software.
What is an Embedded Wallet?
An embedded wallet is a blockchain wallet built directly into an application, removing the need for external browser extensions or mobile wallet apps. It combines social login (like Google or email) with a secure, non-custodial signer. This allows users to interact with onchain assets—like minting rewards or trading items—without ever leaving the game or managing a seed phrase manually.
Understanding the Onchain-Enabled Stack
As blockchain adoption grows, developers need a simplified way to manage onchain interactions. We talk to developers daily and understand that navigating the current onchain stack is more complex than ever. That’s why we’ve broken it down into three core layers: authentication, embedded signing, and smart accounts.
The Three Layers of the Onchain-Enabled Stack
- Authentication: Identifying who is executing the onchain actions.
- Embedded Signer: Authorizing and controlling onchain actions.
- Smart Account: Managing assets and recording blockchain transactions.
Our Embedded Wallet solution integrates all three layers into a unified experience, making it easier for developers and players to interact with onchain technology.
The Authentication Layer: Simplifying user access
Authentication is essential to ensuring secure and user-friendly blockchain interactions. Traditionally, users are identified by their wallet addresses. With embedded wallets, we introduce a more accessible approach, allowing users to log in through email, social media accounts, or existing wallets.
This approach bridges the gap between onchain apps and traditional web applications, enabling users to interact with blockchain-based apps without needing deep technical knowledge. For game developers, this means they can combine tools like Unity Gaming Services with blockchain technology to gather richer player data and improve management.
The Embedded Wallet Layer: Simplifying authorization
The Embedded Wallet is how users authorize blockchain actions. Typically, transaction signing can be complicated and requires users to manage private keys. With in-app wallets, we remove that complexity by decoupling signing from the user's identity, offering a more secure and flexible transaction process.
Our embedded wallets seamlessly integrate this authorization layer with authentication, allowing users to approve transactions without worrying about key management. This ensures security and simplifies the user experience.
The Smart Account Layer: Secure and flexible smart contracts
At the core of blockchain interactions are smart accounts. Our Smart Account layer leverages ERC-4337 standards to provide advanced features like gasless transactions, automated batch transactions, and heightened security, all while keeping user assets secure.
These smart accounts are decoupled from the signer, offering flexibility for users to control their assets independently. Whether transferring assets or making onchain purchases, the combination of smart accounts and in-app wallets creates a cohesive system for managing onchain activities.
Putting It All Together: Embedded wallets
By combining authentication, embedded signing, and smart accounts, Openfort’s Embedded wallet deliver an integrated, user-friendly solution for onchain applications and games. Whether you're developing a game or another blockchain application, our technology provides the flexibility to configure wallets according to your needs, without requiring browser extensions or external wallets.
The Road Ahead: Enhancing wallet interoperability
Our focus now is on enabling seamless wallet interoperability across multiple applications. In-app wallets are laying the groundwork for easier asset management and transfers, making onchain more accessible for both developers and users. Key benefits of this approach include:
- Easier On-Ramps: No need to repeatedly onboard assets after the first transaction.
- Asset Visibility: Developers can view assets across different apps in the ecosystem.
- Secure Asset Composability: Users can act on their assets securely across various apps.
Today, we offer advanced features like batched transactions, transfers from EOA wallets, and support for WalletConnect and Seaport protocols. In the future, we’re exploring even deeper integrations, including linking/unlinking signers and identity hubs, to push the boundaries of onchain gaming and connectivity.
Stay tuned for more developments, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you’re interested in early access or want to learn more about Openfort’s embedded wallets and in-app wallets!