what's magicblock?
MagicBlock is a Solana-based project developing a real-time engine for decentralized games and applications, enabling high-performance onchain experiences without state fragmentation. It provides infrastructure like ephemeral rollups and geographic colocation to minimize latency and support features such as real-time DeFi, market making, and fully onchain gaming at Web2 speeds. The project has raised significant funding, including a $7.5M seed round, and participates in accelerators like a16z CSX. Magic Incubator is their program offering 1:1 technical mentorship, marketing support, and product guidance to builders creating real-time apps on Solana. It targets ideas or prototypes to help ship innovative projects in the ecosystem.
MagicBlock hosted Blitz v3 hackathon, 40 Solana projects built using its infrastructure.
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x.com/magicblockHosted Blitz v3 hackathon where 40 Solana projects were built over two days using MagicBlock infrastructure, with winners to be announced.
Received research report coverage from Xangle, a Korean crypto research platform.
Sponsors Privacy Track at Solana Network State Spring 2026 Colosseum hackathon, offering $5,000 in prizes for privacy dApp development, serving as a 5-week build station hosted by ns and SuperteamMY.
Offers zero-cost VRF requests on Ephemeral Rollups.
Colony game launches on Solana Mobile Seeker on 2026-03-02, featuring staked $SKR in fully onchain gameplay.
Powers games on Seeker, including Slimecoin with four modes and BananaZone, enabling onchain USDC wagering on Solana.
Launched Solana Blitz v2, a weekend hackathon series for building with Ephemeral Rollups, on March 20, 2026, offering $1,000 in prizes per event.
Sponsors $5,000 in prizes for the Graveyard Hack hackathon on Solana, with first place receiving $2,500, second place $1,500, and third place $1,000 for building financialized games using MagicBlock.
Contributes $100,000 to kickstart the MagicBlock Ecosystem Fund, which will fund real-time Solana projects through future investments, hackathons, and grants.
Canceled presale and initiated full refunds to participants within 24 hours due to ecosystem fund falling short of expectations in adverse market conditions.
May not meet previously promised Q1 TGE timeline due to current market conditions.
Confirmed that no official token has been launched or authorized, warning that any circulating tokens claiming to be magicblock (including $MAGICBLOCK, $MB, or $BLOCK) are impersonation scams.
Received and fully staked SKR token allocation from Solana Mobile.
Hosts an AMA with cofounders on January 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC on X Spaces to discuss the presale.
Founder presents on 10 real-time consumer apps on Solana at Solana Consumer Day in Hong Kong on February 10, 2026, and serves as event sponsor during Consensus Hong Kong from February 10-12, 2026.
Partnered with Pyth Network for 1ms price streams powering DeFi apps
Launched Private Payments API in beta on Solana Mainnet for confidential SPL transfers, split payments, and time-delayed releases. LoyalApps Telegram miniapp uses API for SOL transfers via Telegram handles, with no receiver gas fees.
Integrated ephemeral rollups with FlashTrade Perps, MCP, and CLI; V2 testing underway with FlashTrade.
Loyal integrates MagicBlock's privacy technology alongside Nillion and Arcium to power its privacy infrastructure for traders, apps, and agents with confidential transactions.
FlashTrade and MagicBlock teams met in Dubai to advance their integration closer to completion.
FlashTrade and MagicBlock partner to enable trading on Solana through permissionless infrastructure.
MagicBlock launches a 10-day Dubai Hacker House focused on onchain games.
MagicBlock announces RFP for Private OTC Marketplace to enable large-volume trading on Solana without slippage or attention.
New Trading page launches on website, displaying all real-time DeFi apps building with MagicBlock and providing developer resources for shipping applications.
Magic Incubator's first cohort applications close within 24 hours.
Cypherpunk Side track competition closes in 48 hours, offering up to $5,000 USDC for Solana real-time application development.
Block Stranding presale reaches 10,000 SOL with 2 hours remaining before close, and the game is live on Solana Mobile.
Block Stranding presale reaches 8,500 SOL with 8 hours remaining before close, up from 4,600 SOL previously reported.
Block Stranding, backed by MagicBlock and Solana Gaming, achieves Top 5 ranking in Colosseum Hackathon.
Block Stranding's $STRAND presale reaches 4,600 SOL in deposits and becomes 115% oversubscribed, with the game showing 40,000 players, 150 transactions per second, and 7,000+ content creators.
MagicBlock-backed Block Stranding launches $STRAND token pre-sale, and privacy AI protocol Loyal HQ integrates MagicBlock's confidential oracles and rollup infrastructure for encrypted AI chats on Solana.
MagicBlock announces RFP for undercollateralized private credit marketplace that uses private credit scoring and risk tranches for onchain lending on Solana.
New documentation with guides and templates launches to help developers build real-time applications on Solana.
Magic Incubator receives over 100 applications and upgrades Dubai Hacker House venue to NAS House Dubai in partnership with Solana.
Launched VRF service on Solana for onchain loot boxes and provably fair drops, priced 75% cheaper. Powers Rust Undead's verification system for its 12-chapter Solana and Rust experience.
New RFP announced for Trade the News App development, creating an onchain InfoFi product that tokenizes news content.
MagicBlock announces 10-day hacker house in Dubai for incubator applicants and Solana builders to prepare for Breakpoint 2025.
Magic Block secures $10M in funding backing for their Ephemeral Rollups technology powering onchain MMORPGs.
Solana hackathon winner announces $STRAND TGE with support from Solflare and Magic Block; early access available through social engagement.
Entered internal testing phase March 30, 2026, stress testing real-time infrastructure with 120k transactions in 20 minutes via AI agents.
Four MagicBlock projects secure top positions in Colosseum Hackathon across gaming and stablecoin tracks, demonstrating successful real-world implementation.
Deployed Ephemeral Rollups technology, achieving sub-50ms execution latency with settlement on Solana mainnet.
New quest-based gamification system launches with XP rewards and ranking system for onchain games.
Real-Time Hackathon concludes with 52 project submissions focused on real-time games and apps
Dual hackathons with $85,000 prize pool running until May 16th deadline.
Closes $7.5M seed funding for building app-specific extensions on Solana
New $10.5M funding secured as project resumes active development with incentive programs.
Secures $7.5M seed funding from Faction VC to build on-chain gaming infrastructure on Solana.
Closes $7.5M seed round led by prominent blockchain VCs and Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko.