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Contributed:

• Fix sorting of Option values and error on duplicates from BTreeSet/BTreeMap (Thanks to https://github.com/Neopallium)
• Fix BEEFY compact signed commitment in versioned finality proofs (Thanks to https://github.com/mfornos)
• Update @substrate/connect (Thanks to https://github.com/kratico)

Changes:

• Bump dev w/ packageDetect adjustments
• Update copyright year
• Bump nock, and dev deps
• Allow cacheCapacity option for the WsProvider
• Bump yarn

Contributed:

• Add chainIsEthereum key to Registry interface (Thanks to https://github.com/fgamundi)
• Adjust types for ChargeAssetTxPayment (Thanks to https://github.com/bee344)

Changes:

• Support [8a;32] types in known keys
• Update to latest Substrate metadata

Contributed:

• Support for latest ChargeAssetTxPayment (Thanks to https://github.com/bee344)
• Support for latest beefy::subscribeJustifications() (Thanks to https://github.com/serban300)

Changes:

• Add known intrablockEntropy storage key
• Add support for SkipCheckIfFeeless signed extension
• Ensure all usages of balances.transfer (in tests) have been removed
• Drop support for Node 16 (EOL 11 Sep 2023)

Contributed:

• Add aliases for Noir type paths (Thanks to https://github.com/conr2d)
• Add runtime FungliblesApi version 2 (Thanks to https://github.com/bkontur)
• Add runtime EthereumApi version 5 (Thanks to https://github.com/timbrinded)
• Add runtime AssetConversionApi (Thanks to https://github.com/jsidorenko)
• Adjust types for runtime AssetConversionApi (Thanks to https://github.com/jsidorenko)
• Expand test cases for Int conversions (Thanks to https://github.com/peetzweg)
• Add isEthereum to chain properties (Thanks to https://github.com/fgamundi)
• Allow RiscV contracts via check (Thanks to https://github.com/statictype)

Changes:

• Serialize any additional payload fields via toJSON()
• Expose internal rpc-core stats on api.stats getter
• Add support for latest/stable V15 metadata interfaces
• Add runtime BeefyApi version 3
• Add runtime ParachainHost version 5
• Expose chain.subscribeFinalizedBlocks derive
• Consistently use import.meta.url inside tests
• Group Uint/Int tests for maintainability
• Update to latest Polkadot, Kusama & Substrate metadata

Changes:

• Adjust object index access for stricter tsconfig settings
• Update to latest Polkadot, Kusama & Substrate metadata

Contributed:

• Added support for extended Contracts ABI V4 definitions (Thanks to https://github.com/statictype)

Changes:

• Update to latest Polkadot, Kusama & Substrate metadata
• Cleanup (some) linting overrides

Changes:

• Ensure that .paymentInfo never mutates the underlying/existing signature

Contributed:

• Allow api.setSigner(...) to clear existing (Thanks to https://github.com/polymath-eric)

Changes:

• Adjust @polkadot/types-create exports with no duplicates

Changes:

• Update to latest Polkadot, Kusama & Substrate metadata
• Add module to package.json export map (ESM-only)

Contributed:

• Extract runtime details for custom documentation (Thanks to https://github.com/FlorianFranzen)

Changes:

• Apply historic Scheduled types for Kusama (as reported, non-comprehensive)
• Adjust Deno types inside WsProvider
• Allow parsing of (experimental) metadata v15
• Update to latest Polkadot, Kusama & Substrate metadata