This contract is not finished yet. I am still adding further optimizations and comments. Below is a current snapshot of gas savings using Openzeppelin's MerkleProof Implementation as a baseline.
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│ MerkleProof contract ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ │
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│ Deployment Cost ┆ Deployment Size ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ │
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│ 105953 ┆ 561 ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ │
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│ Function Name ┆ min ┆ avg ┆ median ┆ max ┆ # calls │
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│ verify ┆ 1437 ┆ 1437 ┆ 1437 ┆ 1437 ┆ 1 │
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│ OptimizedMerkleProof contract ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ │
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│ Deployment Cost ┆ Deployment Size ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 66517 ┆ 364 ┆ ┆ ┆ ┆ │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ Function Name ┆ min ┆ avg ┆ median ┆ max ┆ # calls │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ verifyProof ┆ 893 ┆ 893 ┆ 893 ┆ 893 ┆ 1 │
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