Update dependency web3-utils to v1.9.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
web3-utils (source)	1.6.1 -> 1.9.0

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Release Notes

ethereum/web3.js

v1.9.0

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Fixed

• Fixed skipped ws-ganache tests (#​5759)
• Fixed "provider started to reconnect error" in web3-provider-ws (#​5820)
• Fixed Error: Number can only safely store up to 53 bits (#​5845)
• Fixed types for packages which have default exports but not declared default export in .d.ts (#​5866)
• Fixed Transaction type by adding missing properties (#​5856)

Changed

• Add optional hexFormat param to getTransaction and getBlock that accepts the value 'hex' (#​5845)
• utils.toNumber and utils.hexToNumber can now return the large unsafe numbers as BigInt, if true was passed to a new optional parameter called bigIntOnOverflow (#​5845)
• Updated @​types/bn.js dependency to 5.1.1 in web3, web3-core and web3-eth-contract as reason mentioned in #​5640 (#​5885)
• Add description to error for failed connection on websocket (#​5884)

Security

• Updated dependencies (#​5885)

v1.8.2

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Changed

• Updated Webpack 4 to Webpack 5, more details at (#​5629)
• crypto-browserify module is now used only in webpack builds for polyfilling browsers (#​5629)
• Updated ethereumjs-util to 7.1.5 (#​5629)
• Updated lerna 4 to version 6 (#​5680)
• Bump utils 0.12.0 to 0.12.5 (#​5691)

Fixed

• Fixed types for web3.utils._jsonInterfaceMethodToString (#​5550)
• Fixed Next.js builds failing on Node.js v16, Abortcontroller added if it doesn't exist globally (#​5601)
• Builds fixed by updating all typescript versions to 4.1 (#​5675)

Removed

• clean-webpack-plugin has been removed from dev-dependencies (#​5629)

Added

• https-browserify, process, stream-browserify, stream-http, crypto-browserify added to dev-dependencies for polyfilling (#​5629)
• Add readable-stream to dev-dependancies for webpack (#​5629)

Security

• npm audit fix for libraries update (#​5726)

v1.8.1

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Fixed

• Fixed types for getPastEvents (#​4955) (#​5260)
• Fix Log type by adding missing removed property (#​4877)

Changed

• Updated dependencies (#​5529)

v1.8.0

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Changed

• Updated sha3 and sha3Raw type definition to accept Buffer
• Removing legacy field in lerna.json (#​5403)
• Correct eth_sendSignedTransaction code example (#​5402)

Fixed

• Browser builds support polyfills (#​5031) (#​5053) (#​4659) (#​4767)
• Update node version on actions to fix breaking mosaic test (#​5354)
• Start incrementing jsonrpc.id from random number (#​5327)
• web3-eth-contract's call and send methods no longer mutate options argument (#​5394)
• Improvement using provided gas options in web3-eth-accounts for eip-1559 transactions (#​5012)

Added

• Add missing function type "receive" in AbiType (#​5165)
• Support of safe and finalized block tags added (#​5410)

v1.7.5

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Changed

• Replace xhr2-cookies deps to cross-fetch for web3-providers-http (#​5085)

Added

• Documentation details about maxFeePerGas and maxPriorityFeePerGas (#​5121)
• Added createAccessList types in web3.eth (#​5146)

Fixed

• Improving AbstractProvider interface (#​5150)
• Fix typos in web3-eth-accounts.rst & TESTING.md (#​5047)
• Fix remove wallet using an index when an account address and address lowercase are equal (#​5049)
• Improve README.md & Fix typos (#​4848)
• Add optional hex formatting parameter for getTransactionrReceipt (#​5153)
• Fix transactionRoot -> transactionsRoot in BlockHeader (#​5083)
• Fix Promise in Accounts.signTransaction() throwing errors that cannot be caught (#​4724)
• Fixed unit tests & removed dead code for web3-providers-http (#​5228)

Security

• Updated got lib version and fixed other libs using npm audit fix (#​5178) (#​5254)

v1.7.4

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Fixed

• Fix dead link in web3-eth.rst (#​4916)
• Fix web3-core-method throws on f.call = this.call when intrinsic is frozen (#​4918) (#​4938)
• Fix static tuple encoding (#​4673) (#​4884)
• Fix bug in handleRevert logic for eth_sendRawTransaction (#​4902)
• Fix resolve type of getBlock function (#​4911)
• Web3-utils BN fix (#​5132)

Changed

• Replace deprecated String.prototype.substr() (#​4855)
• Exporting AbiCoder as coder (#​4937)
• Github build workflow updated min build for node.js 12 and tests for 12, 14 and 16 (#​5014)
• Updated libraries using BN and the BN library (#​5072)

Added

• Exposing web3.eth.Contract.setProvider() as per public documentation (#​4822) (#​5001)
• Improve npm script commands for development purposes (#​4848)

Security

• npm audit fix to address vulnerabilities and update libraries (#​5014)

v1.7.3

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Fixed

• Fixed build issues of 1.7.2

v1.7.2

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Changed

• Remove deprecated close event listener (#​4825) (#​4839)

Security

• npm audit fix to update libraries (#​4860)

Fixed

• Fix jsonrpc payload and response types (#​4743) (#​4761)
• Allowed more flexibility in typing the overly constrained provider.disconnect function (#​4833)

v1.7.1

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Added

• transactionPollingInterval added to web3, contract and method constructor options. defaults to 1 second. (#​4584)
• Add example import for package level types (#​4611)

Fixed

• Fix a typo in the documentation for methods.myMethod.send (#​4599)
• Use globalThis to locate global object if possible (#​4613)
• Fix typos in web3-utils.rst (#​4662)
• Added effectiveGasPrice to TransactionReceipt (#​4692)
• Correction in documentation for web3.eth.accounts.signTransaction (#​4576)
• Updated README to include Webpack 5 create-react-app support instructions (#​4173)
• Update the documentation for methods.myMethod.estimateGas (#​4702)
• Fix typos in REVIEW.md and TESTING.md (#​4691)
• Fix encoding for "0x" string values (#​4512)

Changed

• Muted E2E gnosis dex tests in CI until fix for issue #​4436 is applied (#​4701)

Removed

• Removed deprecated Morden testnet code (#​4339)

Security

• Ran npm audit fix to address vulnerabilities and update libraries (#​4719) (#​4728)

v1.7.0

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Added

• maxPriorityFeePerGas and maxFeePerGas added to Transaction and TransactionConfig interfaces (#​4232) (#​4585)

Fixed

• Fix readthedoc's build for web3js documentation (#​4425)
• Fix response sorting for batch requests (#​4250)

Changed

• Changed getFeeHistory first parameter type from number to hex according to the spec (#​4529)

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