web3/web3.js v4.8.0

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[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