Magic

• Name: Magic
• URL: https://magic.link/
• Category: Wallet infrastructure / authentication / embedded wallets / server-side key-management infrastructure
• Tags: ethereum-ecosystem solana-ecosystem bitcoin-ecosystem
• Summary: Magic is mostly wallet-and-auth plumbing. Passwordless login and DID tokens are the sales angle; the real operator surface is key-management mode, recovery, server-wallet policy, and which auth artifacts the app comes to trust.
• What it does:
  • Provides embedded-wallet infrastructure with passwordless authentication methods including email OTP, SMS, social login, and Farcaster
  • Exposes client-side SDKs for web, React Native, iOS, Android, Python, and Node.js integrations
  • Offers server-side wallet products including Express API and Core API for backend-managed wallet creation and transaction flows
  • Documents decentralized ID (DID) tokens for application authentication and authorization between client and server
  • Supports multichain wallet workflows across EVM chains, Solana, and Bitcoin according to the docs
• Key claims:
  • The docs homepage says Magic offers “server-side wallet management solutions and embedded wallet infrastructure” for developers and enterprises
  • The embedded-wallet docs emphasize non-custodial wallets, passwordless onboarding, multi-chain support, and a TEE-based key-management system
  • The Core API docs say Magic’s server-side wallet management uses AWS Nitro Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) security and key sharding
  • The Core API docs explicitly note that the product can support either custodial or non-custodial implementations depending on how encryption context and key shards are managed
  • The DID-token docs show Magic also operates an auth/authorization layer based on cryptographically generated proofs tied to wallet identity
  • The public GitHub organization exposes a broad SDK surface spanning JavaScript, admin SDKs, mobile SDKs, and docs, which reinforces that the company is operating a real wallet/auth developer platform
• Whitepaper: No classic standalone whitepaper or litepaper was found during this pass. The strongest primary materials were Magic’s official docs, specific server-wallet and DID-token documentation pages, and the public SDK/documentation repositories; see ../whitepapers/magic-primary-sources-2026-04-26.md.
• Sources:
  • https://magic.link/
  • https://docs.magic.link/home
  • https://docs.magic.link/server-wallets/core-api/overview
  • https://docs.magic.link/embedded-wallets/authentication/features/decentralized-id
  • https://docs.magic.link/llms.txt
  • https://github.com/magiclabs
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/magiclabs/magic-js/master/README.md

Internal linkages

• Best upward comparison points: privy, turnkey, and coinbase-developer-platform.

Governance / control risk

• The leverage sits in login issuance, DID-token handling, server-wallet policy, recovery paths, custody mode, and which chains or admin flows Magic supports cleanly.

• So treat Magic as hosted wallet-and-auth infrastructure, not as a durable account substrate.

• Last reviewed: 2026-05-25 UTC