chore(deps): update dependency hardhat to v2.22.17

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
hardhat (source)	2.22.9 -> 2.22.17

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Release Notes

nomiclabs/hardhat (hardhat)

v2.22.17: Hardhat v2.22.17

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This release introduces support for Solidity 0.8.28, enhances the flatten task with an optional --output parameter to specify the output file, and aligns with the latest spec by making the totalDifficulty field in block responses optional. Additionally, it fixes an issue to prevent panic errors from precompile failures.

Changes

• NomicFoundation/hardhat@c6efe1d: fix: don't panic when a precompile errors
• NomicFoundation/hardhat@56d127b: Make totalDifficulty field optional, as spec has changed.
• NomicFoundation/hardhat@e47b495: Added support for solc versions 0.8.28
• NomicFoundation/hardhat@9ad82f5: Added an optional --output param to the flatten task

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v2.22.16: Hardhat v2.22.16

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This is a small release to replace outdated dependencies.

Changes

• fcece65: Replaced chalk with picocolors, glob with tinyglob, and upgraded find-up

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v2.22.15: Hardhat v2.22.15

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This is a small bug fix release to fix custom HTTP headers when used in forked configurations.

Changes

• ede1cde: Fixed custom HTTP headers for forked configurations

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v2.22.14: Hardhat v2.22.14

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This is a small bug fix release to handle Ethereum nodes that are no longer returning total difficulty from the eth.getBlock RPC API.

Changes

• 09ead48: Fixed error when remote nodes are not returning total difficulty from the eth.getBlock RPC API, by adding a fallback value

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v2.22.13: Hardhat v2.22.13

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This is a small bug fix release applying corrections to our Solidity tracing logic.

Changes

• bf92f4c: Fixed more bugs in the newly ported Solidity tracing logic
• 3df95d3: Remove support for console.log selectors that wrongly use "(u)int" type aliases in the selector calculation
• 4c1bcfc: Fixed minor bugs in the newly ported Solidity tracing logic

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v2.22.12: Hardhat v2.22.12

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This release includes a refactor to our internal solidity tracing logic that should result in a ~10% performance improvement for many workloads.

v2.22.11: Hardhat v2.22.11

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This release adds support for the latest solc versions (0.8.25, 0.8.26, and 0.8.27). Additionally, it includes bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency updates.

Changes

• 601d543: Fixed a problem with provider events when provider.init was explicitly called before the first request.
• 224159e: Added support for solc versions 0.8.25, 0.8.26, and 0.8.27
• b43ed78: Added link to Ignition docs in sample projects
• 07e0a9c: Hardhat node can now handle large response objects by streaming them.
• 12d1980: Upgrade chokidar

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v2.22.10: Hardhat v2.22.10

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This is a small bug fix release to improve debug logs during Hardhat Network initialization.

Changes

• 409e99f: Fixed debug logs in Hardhat Network initialization process.
• 46cd7a1: Removed the experimentalAddHardhatNetworkMessageTraceHook API

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