[Snyk] Upgrade web3 from 4.8.0 to 4.9.0

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Release notes

Package name: web3

• 4.9.0 - 2024-05-23
  

  What's Changed

  • Release/4.8.0 by @ luu-alex in #6982
  • web3 middleware by @ jdevcs in #6951
  • Add default return format to the context by @ avkos in #6947
  • Events guide 6741 by @ SantiagoDevRel in #6983
  • Fix towei scientific notation by @ luu-alex in #6908
  • fix(validator): generate abi name if not provided by @ MaxMustermann2 in #6981
  • Plugin guide 6840 draft by @ SantiagoDevRel in #6941
  • Compare package size (wihtout image) by @ SantiagoDevRel in #6994
  • fixed broken links by @ SantiagoDevRel in #7005
  • Added plugin videos to guide by @ SantiagoDevRel in #7004
  • Utils guide by @ SantiagoDevRel in #7008
  • Add the missing types to the ”accounts“ by @ jdevcs in #7011
  • Add extra changes to make possibility add eip4844 type as a plugin by @ avkos in #7000
  • add drips funding by @ GregTheGreek in #7023
  • Tests & ESLint Improvements by @ avkos in #7012
  • Added troubleshooting example by @ SantiagoDevRel in #7009
  • Implement a way to know which response corresponds to which request in the middleware by @ avkos in #7028
  • Add type checking to unit tests by @ avkos in #7027
  • fix(glossary): links by @ danforbes in #7034
  • Add interactive code editor for tutorials by @ avkos in #7036
  • fix: web3-validator browser target removed by @ PeKne in #7016
  • catching promise - legacy provider error by @ luu-alex in #7022
  • web3modal documentation by @ luu-alex in #7041
  • add gas conditional if simple transaction by @ luu-alex in #7043
  • fix(#7044): toWei trim strings with more than 20 decimal places by @ gordon-to in #7045
  • allow fromwei and toWei to accept numbers as units by @ luu-alex in #7052
  • use bigint power by @ luu-alex in #7054
  • Fix format schema with list of objects by @ avkos in #7040
  • 6801 Fill gas price when baseFeePerGas==='0x0' by @ avkos in #7050

  New Contributors

  • @ MaxMustermann2 made their first contribution in #6981
  • @ danforbes made their first contribution in #7034
  • @ PeKne made their first contribution in #7016
  • @ gordon-to made their first contribution in #7045

  Full Changelog: v4.8.0...v4.9.0

• 4.8.1-dev.f4e55bd.0 - 2024-05-22
• 4.8.1-dev.f44dc5b.0 - 2024-05-09
• 4.8.1-dev.f216540.0 - 2024-05-06
• 4.8.1-dev.ed2781f.0 - 2024-04-25
• 4.8.1-dev.ebbbf1e.0 - 2024-04-30
• 4.8.1-dev.e29deea.0 - 2024-04-18
• 4.8.1-dev.e0fc158.0 - 2024-05-22
• 4.8.1-dev.de3e8f8.0 - 2024-04-26
• 4.8.1-dev.dd172c7.0 - 2024-04-18
• 4.8.1-dev.d4e937d.0 - 2024-04-19
• 4.8.1-dev.c62ef79.0 - 2024-05-06
• 4.8.1-dev.b413ebd.0 - 2024-05-02
• 4.8.1-dev.ac2e180.0 - 2024-05-22
• 4.8.1-dev.93296c2.0 - 2024-04-18
• 4.8.1-dev.88b7e2e.0 - 2024-05-02
• 4.8.1-dev.866469d.0 - 2024-05-14
• 4.8.1-dev.7be0060.0 - 2024-04-23
• 4.8.1-dev.7a470c9.0 - 2024-05-01
• 4.8.1-dev.5fd9dbb.0 - 2024-04-23
• 4.8.1-dev.5d2f2aa.0 - 2024-05-06
• 4.8.1-dev.553f270.0 - 2024-05-21
• 4.8.1-dev.53e2466.0 - 2024-04-22
• 4.8.1-dev.419c8d3.0 - 2024-04-25
• 4.8.1-dev.3904a46.0 - 2024-05-22
• 4.8.1-dev.32b6b29.0 - 2024-05-21
• 4.8.1-dev.2f73aa5.0 - 2024-05-16
• 4.8.1-dev.1ab7a6b.0 - 2024-04-18
• 4.8.1-dev.12c2515.0 - 2024-05-13
• 4.8.1-dev.408125.0 - 2024-05-13
• 4.8.0 - 2024-04-18
  

  [4.8.0]

  Changed

  web3-eth-abi

  • Dependencies updated

  web3-eth-accounts

  • Dependencies updated

  Fixed

  web3-eth-contract

  • Fix an issue with smart contract function overloading (#6922)

  web3-utils

  • fixed toHex incorrectly hexing Uint8Arrays and Buffer (#6957)
  • fixed isUint8Array not returning true for Buffer (#6957)

  Added

  web3-eth-contract

  • Added a console warning in case of an ambiguous call to a solidity method with parameter overloading (#6942)
  • Added contract.deploy(...).decodeData(...) and contract.decodeMethodData(...) that decode data based on the ABI (#6950)

  web3-eth

  • method getBlock now includes properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 when returning block (#6933)
  • update type withdrawalsSchema, blockSchema and blockHeaderSchema schemas to include properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 (#6933)

  web3-types

  • Added signature to type AbiFunctionFragment (#6922)
  • update type Withdrawals, block and BlockHeaderOutput to include properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 (#6933)

  New Contributors

  • @ ymonye made their first contribution in #6937

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