feat: upgrade hardhat

[gfournierPro]

Replace PR #304

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Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the Hardhat development environment to newer versions and refines the storage layout compatibility checks to support RLC faucet contract dependencies.

• Updated Hardhat from 2.22.18 to 2.26.5 and added hardhat-verify plugin
• Upgraded Solidity compiler version for RLC contracts from 0.4.11 to 0.4.24
• Excluded rlc-faucet-contract from storage layout compatibility checks

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
scripts/check-storage.ts	Added filter to skip rlc-faucet-contract files from storage compatibility validation
package.json	Updated hardhat to 2.26.5 and added @nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify dependency
package-lock.json	Updated dependency tree for hardhat 2.26.5 and new dependencies
hardhat.config.ts	Updated RLC contracts compiler version from 0.4.11 to 0.4.24

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The substring check using includes() may inadvertently skip files with 'rlc-faucet-contract/' anywhere in the path. Consider using a more precise check such as src.startsWith('node_modules/rlc-faucet-contract/') or checking against a normalized path to ensure only the intended dependency files are excluded.

Suggested change

	if (src.includes('rlc-faucet-contract/')) {
	if (src.startsWith('node_modules/rlc-faucet-contract/')) {

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[nitpick] The comment states 'RLC contracts' but the code change shows this is specifically for rlc-faucet-contract (based on the skip logic added in check-storage.ts). Consider updating the comment to be more specific, e.g., '// RLC faucet contract' to clarify which contracts use this compiler version.

Suggested change

	{ version: '0.4.24', settings }, // RLC contracts
	{ version: '0.4.24', settings }, // RLC faucet contract

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 96.53%. Comparing base (b277aa0) to head (8d59520).
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