web3/web3.js v1.9.0-rc.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)