chore(deps-dev): bump hardhat from 2.0.11 to 2.8.4

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Bumps hardhat from 2.0.11 to 2.8.4.

Release notes

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Hardhat v2.8.4

This is a small patch version that improves the sample project and replaces a deprecated dependency.

Changelog

• The sample projects now include an empty .prettierc to make IDEs auto-formatting work properly in some scenarios.
• Replace deprecated eth-sig-util with @​metamask/eth-sig-util (Thanks @​frangio!)
• Upgraded the version of @nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan used by the sample projects (#2217)

Hardhat v2.8.3

• Changes to support latest version of vyper plugin
• Use 40s as the default value for mocha's timeout and for the localhost network's timeout (#1549)

Hardhat v2.8.2

This release adds a better error message when Hardhat's project initialization fails in Git Bash.

For technical reasons (see this comment if you want to know more), project initialization doesn't work in Git Bash. Everything else should work, but you have to use PowerShell or cmd to create a project with npx hardhat.

Hardhat v2.8.1

This version fixes an issue that prevented the test task from being run programmatically twice in the same script (#1720).

Besides that, now a warning is shown if the exported configuration is an empty object. This helps in cases where a config object is created but the user forgets to export it (#1490).

Hardhat v2.8.0

This release adds support for using a custom hardfork history when forking networks that aren't officially supported by Hardhat (networks like xDai, Polygon, Avalanche, etc.) This is only relevant if you are forking one of those networks and making calls in the context of historical blocks. You can read more about this here.

This version also fixes a small problem with the output of the node task when it was redirected to a file (#467).

Hardhat v2.7.1

This release adds support for the Arrow Glacier hardfork.

Besides, it fixes an issue (#1466) that prevented Hardhat from working when the compilers list was partially downloaded.

Hardhat v2.7.0

This release adds a FIFO mode to Hardhat Network's mempool and makes the coinbase address customizable. It also includes some minor bug fixes and improvements.

Mempool modes

The way Hardhat Network's mempool orders transactions is now customizable. By default, they are prioritized following Geth's rules, but you can enable a FIFO (first in, first out) mode instead. This mode ensures that transactions are added to blocks in the same order they are sent, and it's useful to recreate blocks from other networks.

You can enable the FIFO mode in your config with:

networks: {
  hardhat: {
    mining: {
      auto: false,
      mempool: {
        order: "fifo",
      },
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Commits

• 66ef793 Version Packages
• 7be815a Fix typo in task-definitions.ts (#2321)
• a850144 Merge pull request #2285 from nomiclabs/update-plugin-list
• be9bf3b Rm .prettierrc from advanced-ts sample project (#2286)
• 3f01790 Merge pull request #2272 from nomiclabs/fix-imports-hardhat-src
• ee1f2c8 Add @nomiclabs/*/src to forbidden imports
• d83a470 Merge pull request #2246 from sangxxh/issue/2217-sample-projects-update-hardh...
• 2425201 Create swift-eyes-fold.md
• 018688c Prevent importing hardhat/src with eslint
• d142f68 Merge pull request #2255 from albertov19/add-moonbeam
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Superseded by #334.