Optimism builders jvmi and Kelvin Fichter launched a brand new app referred to as Magic Mirror on Nov. 9 that permits NFT holders to copy or “mirror” their Optimism NFTs to the Ethereum mainnet. NFT holders can now use their Optimism NFTs in quite a lot of verified apps, resembling in Twitter’s profile badge system — the place beforehand, solely NFTs native to Ethereum Layer 1 might be used.
Introducing Magic Mirror: a means to mirror your @optimismFND NFTs on Mainnet so you’ll be able to have verified NFTs on apps like Twitter ✨ pic.twitter.com/GExcrDejtf
— jvmi ❤️_❤️ (@jvmi_) November 9, 2022
Twitter launched its NFT badge function in January, permitting NFT holders to confirm possession of their artwork. Verified NFTs can be utilized as a profile pic on Twitter, the place they’re then denoted with a particular, hexagonal form. Prior to Magic Mirror’s launch, holders of NFTs from different networks, like Optimism, Polygon, or Avalanche, didn’t have the power to do that.
The firm mentioned that this new tool is an try to resolve this downside, albeit solely for holders of Optimism NFTs. Users can change out the NFT that’s inside wach mirror anytime they need, relatively than minting a brand new one every time. However, just one Optimism NFT will be put contained in the mirror at a time.
Magic Mirror is a part of a renewed push by Optimism to win the battle between Ethereum scaling options. In June, a model of balancer was launched on the Optimism platform, and in September, 1Inch customers on Optimism acquired a 300K token airdrop to incentivize use of the community.
