v1.9.0

[jdevcs]

Fixed

• Fixed skipped ws-ganache tests (wn3/wn3.js #5759)
• Fixed "provider started to reconnect error" in web3-provider-ws (handled "provider started to reconnect error" #5820)
• Fixed Error: Number can only safely store up to 53 bits (Add optional param hex to getTransaction and getBlock. #5845)
• Fixed types for packages which have default exports but not declared default export in .d.ts (fix types default export (#5852) #5866)
• Fixed Transaction type by adding missing properties (Nikos/5821/transaction type fix #5856)

Changed

• Add optional hexFormat param to getTransaction and getBlock that accepts the value 'hex' (Add optional param hex to getTransaction and getBlock. #5845)
• utils.toNumber and utils.hexToNumber can now return the large unsafe numbers as BigInt, if true was passed to a new optional parameter called bigIntOnOverflow (Add optional param hex to getTransaction and getBlock. #5845)
• Updated @types/bn.js dependency to 5.1.1 in web3, web3-core and web3-eth-contract as reason mentioned in Bump @types/bn.js dependency to 5.1.1 #5640 (dependencies updates #5885)
• Add description to error for failed connection on websocket (Nikos/5835/websocket provider keeps important error message back #5884)

Security

• Updated dependencies (dependencies updates #5885)

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