Tutorial on creating and distributing tokens on Stellar using Merkle trees for efficient airdrop verification. Demonstrates building a token contract with claim functionality, using Soroban smart contracts and a React frontend.
This tutorial walks through creating a token airdrop on Stellar's decentralized exchange using Merkle trees for efficient on-chain verification. The process involves four main components: a Rust script to collect eligible user addresses from SDEX, a Merkle tree implementation to condense the data into a root hash, a Soroban smart contract token with claim functionality, and a React web3 UI. Merkle trees allow verification of large datasets on-chain while storing only a root hash, reducing costs. The tutorial covers building each component, deploying the contract to testnet, and demonstrating the claim process through a frontend wallet integration.
