v1.7.4

[jdevcs]

Fixed

• Fix dead link in web3-eth.rst (Fix dead link in web3-eth.rst #4916)
• Fix web3-core-method throws on f.call = this.call when intrinsic is frozen (fix: assignment to function.call #4918) (assignment to function.call (#4918) #4938)
• Fix static tuple encoding (Fix static tuple encoding #4673) (Fix static tuple encoding (#4673) #4884)
• Fix bug in handleRevert logic for eth_sendRawTransaction (handleRevert implementation broken when no value is specified for gasPrice on eth_sendRawTransaction #4902)
• Fix resolve type of getBlock function (Fix types: returnTransactionObjects param value affects resolve type #4911)
• Web3-utils BN fix (updating web3 utils BN #5132)

Changed

• Replace deprecated String.prototype.substr() (Replace deprecated String.prototype.substr() #4855)
• Exporting AbiCoder as coder (chore: fix eth abi typings #4937)
• Github build workflow updated min build for node.js 12 and tests for 12, 14 and 16 (Libs and CI updates #5014)
• Updated libraries using BN and the BN library (Update BN.js dependecy to v5.2.1 #5072)

Added

• Exposing web3.eth.Contract.setProvider() as per public documentation (Exposing web3.eth.Contract.setProvider() as per public documentation #4822) (Exposing web3.eth.Contract.setProvider() as per public documentation  #5001)
• Improve npm script commands for development purposes (Fix build command #4848)

Security

• npm audit fix to address vulnerabilities and update libraries (Libs and CI updates #5014)

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