update hardhat-web3 web3 version to 4.x

.changeset/neat-impalas-attend.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@nomiclabs/hardhat-web3": major
+---
+
+Updates web3 to latest 4.x version.

.changeset/polite-mugs-cry.m

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-"@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan": patch
+"@nomiclabs/hardhat-verify": patch
 ---
 
-Fix URLs for the Aurora networks (thanks @zZoMROT!)
+Fix URLs for the Aurora networks (thanks @zZoMROT and @ZumZoom!)

.github/workflows/hardhat-chai-matchers-ci.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-core-ci.yml

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-ethers-ci.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-foundry-ci.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-network-helpers-ci.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-network-tracing-all-solc-versions.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-network-tracing-ci.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-shorthand-ci.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-solhint-ci.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-solpp-ci.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-toolbox-ci.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
       - "packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/**"
       - "packages/hardhat-network-helpers/**"
       - "packages/hardhat-ethers/**"
-      - "packages/hardhat-etherscan/**"
+      - "packages/hardhat-verify/**"
       - "packages/hardhat-common/**"
       - "config/**"
   pull_request:
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ on:
       - "packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/**"
       - "packages/hardhat-network-helpers/**"
       - "packages/hardhat-ethers/**"
-      - "packages/hardhat-etherscan/**"
+      - "packages/hardhat-verify/**"
       - "packages/hardhat-common/**"
       - "config/**"
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-truffle4-ci.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-truffle5-ci.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-verify-ci.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-vyper-ci.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-web3-ci.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/hardhat-web3-legacy-ci.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14, 16, 18]
+        node: [14, 16, 18.15]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ name: Pre-release tests
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [pre-release-testing-branch]
+    branches:
+      - pre-release-testing-branch
+      - changeset-release/main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:

.github/workflows/test-recent-mainnet-block.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn build
       - name: Run test
         env:
-          INFURA_URL: ${{ secrets.INFURA_URL }}
+          ALCHEMY_URL: ${{ secrets.ALCHEMY_URL }}
         run: yarn ts-node scripts/test-recent-mainnet-block.ts
       - name: Notify failures
         if: failure()

config/eslint/eslintrc.js

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "no-cond-assign": "error",
     "no-debugger": "error",
     "no-duplicate-case": "error",
-    "no-duplicate-imports": "error",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-duplicate-imports": "error",
     "no-eval": "error",
     "no-extra-bind": "error",
     "no-new-func": "error",

docs/src/content/hardhat-chai-matchers/docs/overview.md

@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ This package provides the predicates `anyValue` and `anyUint`, but you can easil
 
 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
 ```js
-function isEven(x: BigNumber): boolean {
-  return x.mod(2).isZero();
+function isEven(x: bigint): boolean {
+  return x % 2n === 0n;
 }
 
 await expect(contract.emitUint(2))
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ This package enhances the standard numerical equality matchers (`equal`, `above`
 expect(await token.balanceOf(someAddress)).to.equal(1);
 ```
 
-These matchers support not just [ethers' `BigNumber`](https://docs.ethers.io/v5/single-page/#/v5/api/utils/bignumber/) and the native JavaScript `Number`, but also [`BigInt`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt), [bn.js](https://github.com/indutny/bn.js/), and [bignumber.js](https://github.com/MikeMcl/bignumber.js/).
+These matchers support not just the native JavaScript `Number`, but also [`BigInt`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt), [bn.js](https://github.com/indutny/bn.js/), and [bignumber.js](https://github.com/MikeMcl/bignumber.js/).
 
 ### Balance Changes
 

docs/src/content/hardhat-chai-matchers/docs/reference.md

@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ When `@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers` is used, equality comparisons of n
 expect(await token.totalSupply()).to.equal(1_000_000);
 ```
 
-will work. These assertions don't normally work because the value returned by `totalSupply()` is an [ethers BigNumber](https://docs.ethers.io/v5/single-page/#/v5/api/utils/bignumber/), and an instance of a `BigNumber` will always be different than a plain number.
+will work. These assertions don't normally work because the value returned by `totalSupply()` is a [bigint](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt), and a bigint value will always be different than a plain number.
 
 The supported types are:
 
 - Plain javascript numbers
 - [BigInts](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt)
-- [Ethers BigNumbers](https://docs.ethers.io/v5/single-page/#/v5/api/utils/bignumber/)
 - [`bn.js`](https://github.com/indutny/bn.js/) instances
 - [`bignumber.js`](https://github.com/MikeMcl/bignumber.js/) instances
 
@@ -226,8 +225,8 @@ await expect(factory.create(9999))
 Predicates are just functions that return true if the value is correct, and return false if it isn't, so you can create your own predicates:
 
 ```ts
-function isEven(x: BigNumber): boolean {
-  return x.mod(2).isZero();
+function isEven(x: bigint): boolean {
+  return x % 2n === 0n;
 }
 
 await expect(token.transfer(100)).to.emit(token, "Transfer").withArgs(isEven);

docs/src/content/hardhat-network/docs/guides/forking-other-networks.md

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ await impersonatedSigner.sendTransaction(...);
 Alternatively, you can use the [`impersonateAccount`](</hardhat-network-helpers/docs/reference#impersonateaccount(address)>) helper and then obtain the signer for that address:
 
 ```js
-const helpers = require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers");
+const helpers = require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox/network-helpers");
 
 const address = "0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890";
 await helpers.impersonateAccount(address);
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Once you've got a local instance of the mainnet chain state, setting that state
 You can reset the network with the [`reset`](</hardhat-network-helpers/docs/reference#reset([url],-[blocknumber])>) network helper:
 
 ```js
-const helpers = require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers");
+const helpers = require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox/network-helpers");
 
 await helpers.reset(url, blockNumber);
 ```

docs/src/content/hardhat-runner/docs/advanced/create-task.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Let’s go through the process of creating one to interact with a smart contract
 
 Tasks in Hardhat are asynchronous JavaScript functions that get access to the [Hardhat Runtime Environment](../advanced/hardhat-runtime-environment.md), which exposes its configuration and parameters, as well as programmatic access to other tasks and any plugin objects that may have been injected.
 
-For our example, we will use the [`@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox`](/hardhat-runner/plugins/nomicfoundation-hardhat-toolbox), which includes the [ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.io/v5/) library to interact with our contracts.
+For our example, we will use the [`@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox`](/hardhat-runner/plugins/nomicfoundation-hardhat-toolbox), which includes the [ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.org/v6/) library to interact with our contracts.
 
 ::::tabsgroup{options="npm 7+,npm 6,yarn"}
 
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@ npm install --save-dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox
 :::tab{value="npm 6"}
 
 ```
-npm install --save-dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox @nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers @nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan chai ethers hardhat-gas-reporter solidity-coverage @typechain/hardhat typechain @typechain/ethers-v5 @ethersproject/abi @ethersproject/providers
+npm install --save-dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox @nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify chai ethers hardhat-gas-reporter solidity-coverage @typechain/hardhat typechain @typechain/ethers-v6
 ```
 
 :::
 
 :::tab{value="yarn"}
 
 ```
-yarn add --dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox @nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers @nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan chai ethers hardhat-gas-reporter solidity-coverage @typechain/hardhat typechain @typechain/ethers-v5 @ethersproject/abi @ethersproject/providers
+yarn add --dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox @nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify chai ethers hardhat-gas-reporter solidity-coverage @typechain/hardhat typechain @typechain/ethers-v6
 ```
 
 :::

docs/src/content/hardhat-runner/docs/advanced/hardhat-runtime-environment.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ This way, tests written for Hardhat are just normal Mocha tests. This enables yo
 
 The HRE only provides the core functionality that users and plugin developers need to start building on top of Hardhat. Using it to interface directly with Ethereum in your project can be somewhat harder than expected.
 
-Everything gets easier when you use higher-level libraries, like [Ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.io/) or [ethereum-waffle](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethereum-waffle), but these libraries need some initialization to work, and that could get repetitive.
+Everything gets easier when you use higher-level libraries, like [Ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.org/v6/) or [ethereum-waffle](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethereum-waffle), but these libraries need some initialization to work, and that could get repetitive.
 
 Hardhat lets you hook into the HRE construction, and extend it with new functionality. This way, you only have to initialize everything once, and your new features or libraries will be available everywhere the HRE is used.
 

docs/src/content/hardhat-runner/docs/getting-started/index.md

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ If you created a TypeScript project, this task will also generate TypeScript bin
 
 ### Testing your contracts
 
-Your project comes with tests that use [Mocha](https://mochajs.org), [Chai](https://www.chaijs.com), and [Ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.io/v5).
+Your project comes with tests that use [Mocha](https://mochajs.org), [Chai](https://www.chaijs.com), and [Ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.org/v6/).
 
 If you take a look in the `test/` folder, you'll see a test file:
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ You can run your tests with `npx hardhat test`:
 
 ```
 $ npx hardhat test
-Generating typings for: 2 artifacts in dir: typechain-types for target: ethers-v5
+Generating typings for: 2 artifacts in dir: typechain-types for target: ethers-v6
 Successfully generated 6 typings!
 Compiled 2 Solidity files successfully
 

docs/src/content/hardhat-runner/docs/guides/hardhat-console.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ For example, you'll have access in the global scope to the `config` object:
 >
 ```
 
-And if you followed the [Getting started guide](../getting-started) or installed `@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers`, the `ethers` object:
+And if you followed the [Getting started guide](../getting-started) or installed `@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers`, the `ethers` object:
 
 ```
 > ethers

docs/src/content/hardhat-runner/docs/guides/migrating-from-hardhat-waffle.md

@@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ Follow these steps to migrate your project to Hardhat Toolbox.
    :::tab{value="npm 6"}
 
    ```
-   npm install --save-dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox @nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers @nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan chai ethers hardhat-gas-reporter solidity-coverage @typechain/hardhat typechain @typechain/ethers-v5 @ethersproject/abi @ethersproject/providers
+   npm install --save-dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox @nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify chai ethers hardhat-gas-reporter solidity-coverage @typechain/hardhat typechain @typechain/ethers-v6
    ```
 
    :::
 
    :::tab{value="yarn"}
 
    ```
-   yarn add --dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox @nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers @nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan chai ethers hardhat-gas-reporter solidity-coverage @typechain/hardhat typechain @typechain/ethers-v5 @ethersproject/abi @ethersproject/providers
+   yarn add --dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox @nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers@1 @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers @nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan chai ethers@5 hardhat-gas-reporter solidity-coverage @typechain/hardhat typechain @typechain/ethers-v6
    ```
 
    :::
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ Follow these steps to migrate your project to Hardhat Toolbox.
 
    Adding the Toolbox will make many other imports redundant, so you can remove any of these if you want:
 
-   - `@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers`
-   - `@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan`
+   - `@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers`
+   - `@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify`
    - `hardhat-gas-reporter`
    - `solidity-coverage`
    - `@typechain/hardhat`

docs/src/content/hardhat-runner/docs/guides/project-setup.md

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ When it comes to testing your contracts, the sample project comes with some usef
 
 - The built-in [Hardhat Network](/hardhat-network/docs) as the development network to test on, along with the [Hardhat Network Helpers](/hardhat-network-helpers) library to manipulate this network.
 - [Mocha](https://mochajs.org/) as the test runner, [Chai](https://chaijs.com/) as the assertion library, and the [Hardhat Chai Matchers](/hardhat-chai-matchers) to extend Chai with contracts-related functionality.
-- The [`ethers.js`](https://docs.ethers.io/v5/) library to interact with the network and with contracts.
+- The [`ethers.js`](https://docs.ethers.org/v6/) library to interact with the network and with contracts.
 
 As well as other useful plugins. You can learn more about this in the [Testing contracts guide](./test-contracts.md).