Multi ATA Accounts for token distributions

Question

How to create ATA account using SPL-TOKEN? Already have minted tokens and would like to distribute in different wallets according to tokenomics

Answer 1

Using the CLI, you can use the --allow-unfunded-recipient command to create the user's token account if it does not already exist.

spl-token transfer <TOKEN_MINT_ADDRESS> <TOKEN_AMOUNT> <RECIPIENT_WALLET_ADDRESS --allow-unfunded-recipient

Most if not all wallet extensions by default will create the ATA for the recipient wallet address it does not exist.

Answer 2

Along with using --allow-unfunded-recipient during transfer, you can also create someone's associated-token-account using the create-account command, ie.:

spl-token create-account <MINT_PUBKEY> --owner <OWNER_PUBKEY>