move away from web3 EPIC

[aaronmgdr]

Currently on web3 1.10.3 (final version for 1.x) we need to move away for security

There are api changes which nessessaitate some design thinking on how we re build on top of the new version

https://docs.web3js.org/guides/web3_upgrade_guide/x/

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1. Propose Refactor Designs for web3 v4 contractkit #303
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2. replace web3v1 with modern equivalent in ck / cli / etc #312
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3. replace wallet packages #318
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4. feat @celo/viem-accounts/ledger #344
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5. create HSM to viem account adapters #365
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6. Replace contractkit with viem social-connect#296
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#361 is technically in this but is its own epic

[aaronmgdr]

this is a mega big upgrade

[aaronmgdr]

reading over the upgrade guide and guide to create transaction plugins for web3 v4. i think the signing that happens in wallet-base would become a web3 plugin @celo/web3-plugin-gas-tokens if wallet-base was the only wallet-*** package i would say thats all there was to it however...

the celo/wallet- system of packages is a bit hard to move as it doesnt really correspond as far as i see with uses of the term wallet in web3 (or ethers or viem) they are kinds like signers in the sense that the signTransaction is in them. maybe they can go away? but will need to make sure hsm signers and ledger signing and all that still work. which will be tricky to test

[aaronmgdr]

potentially blocked by #220

although we could possibly get around it by

1. doing the upgrades in dt repo
2. releasing beta
3. using beta in socialconnect repo
4. upgrading web3 in sc repo
5. releasing updated identity package as a beta
6. using that identity beta in dt repo for cli
7. releasing full prod releases from dt repo.

[aaronmgdr]

pausing for now

[aaronmgdr]

obvious move is to web3 v1. however given the complexity at this point its likely not more difficult to move to contractkit / cli being powered by viem,