Metaverse authentication

A method, comprising:

• receiving an authentication setup request for a non-fungible token (NFT) from an NFT smart contract;
• requesting a unique authentication credential for the NFT from the NFT smart contract;
• receiving a uniform resource identifier (URI) of an edge wallet associated with an owner of the unique authentication credential from the NFT smart contract;
• sending a request to the URI of the edge wallet for the unique authentication credential;
• receiving a signed challenge from the edge wallet;
• retrieving a public key from the NFT;
• determining that a signature of the signed challenge is valid based at least in part on the public key;
• and
• configuring access to an asset or resource based at least in part on the signature of the signed challenge being valid.

A system, comprising:

• a computing device comprising a processor and a memory;
• and
• machine-readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to at least:
• receive an authentication setup request for a non-fungible token (NFT) from an NFT smart contract;
• request a unique authentication credential for the NFT from the NFT smart contract;
• receive a uniform resource identifier (URI) of an edge wallet associated with an owner of the unique authentication credential from the NFT smart contract;
• send a request to the URI of the edge wallet for the unique authentication credential;
• receive a signed challenge from the edge wallet;
• retrieve a public key from the NFT;
• determine that a signature of the signed challenge is valid based at least in part on the public key;
• and
• configure access to an asset or resource based at least in part on the signature of the signed challenge being valid.