v1.8.0

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Changed

• Updated sha3 and sha3Raw type definition to accept Buffer (Update sha3 and sha3Raw type definitions to accept Buffer #5357)
• Removing legacy field in lerna.json (update lerna.json #5403)
• Correct eth_sendSignedTransaction code example (docs: Fix example of tx usage #5402)

Fixed

• Browser builds support polyfills (Webpack5 support for create-react-app #5031) (remove polyfill packages to support webpack 5  #5053) (Web3 don't work with latest of React #4659) (Angular 13 clean build is not working with web3.js #4767)
• Update node version on actions to fix breaking mosaic test (update node versions #5354)
• Start incrementing jsonrpc.id from random number (Responses get mixed up due to conflicting payload IDs #5327)
• web3-eth-contract's call and send methods no longer mutate options argument (Update contract class to not mutate options object #5394)
• Improvement using provided gas options in web3-eth-accounts for eip-1559 transactions (Update: using provided gas options for eip-1559 tx #5012)

Added

• Add missing function type "receive" in AbiType (Fix: add missing function type "receive" #5165)
• Support of safe and finalized block tags added (Merge block tags support 5199 #5410)

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This discussion was created from the release v1.8.0.

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New Contributors

• @burz made their first contribution in [README] Add GitPOAP Badge to Display Number of Minted GitPOAPs for Contributors #5234
• @omahs made their first contribution in Adding Twitter button #5415
• @acolytec3 made their first contribution in docs: Fix example of tx usage #5402