v4.1.0-rc.1

chore: Accumulated backports to v4 (#21064)

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chore: chonk proof compression poc (#20645)
feat: Update L1 to L2 message APIs (#20913)
fix: adapt chonk proof compression for v4 Translator layout (#21067)
fix: omit bigint priceBumpPercentage from IPC config in testbench worker
(#21086)
feat: standby mode for prover broker (#21098)
fix(p2p): remove default block handler in favor of block handler
(#21105)
chore: prepare barretenberg-rs for crates.io publishing (#20496)
feat: reenable function selectors + additional validation in public
setup allowlist (backport #20909, #21122) (#21129)
chore: remove stale aes comments (#21133)
chore: remove auto-tag job (#21127)
feat: calldata length validation of public setup function allowlist
(#21139)
feat: run AVM NAPI simulations on dedicated threads instead of libuv
pool (#21138)
feat: Remove non-protocol contracts from public setup allowlist (#21154)
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