Metamask® Extension®

MetaMask extension is an interpreter, a tour guide, a passport (or identification), and a secure pocket, all in one. Through it, you can ...

Online users are becoming increasingly resistant to traditional email/password registration processes. One-click social login functionality via Facebook, Google, or GitHub turns out to be a much more desirable alternative. However, it comes with a trade-off.

Pros of social media login integration:

• No more cumbersome form-filling.

• No need to remember yet another username/password pair.

• The whole process takes seconds instead of minutes.

Cons of social media login integration:

• Since the user’s information is loaded from external providers, this raises a huge privacy concern on how providers use all this personal data. For example, at the time of writing, Facebook is facing data privacy issues.

This article introduces a new login method to blockchain development: A one-click, cryptographically-secure login flow using the MetaMask extension, with all data stored on our own back end. We call it: “Login with MetaMask”.