chore(deps): update dependency hardhat to v2.22.5

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
hardhat (source)	2.20.1 -> 2.22.5

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Release Notes

nomiclabs/hardhat (hardhat)

v2.22.5

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v2.22.4: Hardhat v2.22.4

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This release includes bug fixes, performance enhancements, and an improvement to the task system to support BigInt arguments.

Changelog

• 22bcbf5: Added BigInt task argument type.
• 2c533f0: Bumped EDR dependency to 0.3.7.
• 3203639: Fixed an issue in the solidity source map decoding module.
• 5d7a604: Fixed an issue with solc version selection.
• 3c6de8f: Now solcjs is run in a subprocess, which leads to better error reporting and allows it to run multiple compilation jobs at the same time.
• 6447e80: Improved performance by reducing back-and-forth with EDR when it's not necessary.

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v2.22.3

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A small bug fix release that improves the error messaging around failed installs of EDR (Hardhat network).

Changelog

• 6466e3a: A proper error is now thrown when requiring EDR fails
• ae62841: Upgrade EDR to version 0.3.5
• 679d8a5: Report HH18 to Sentry.

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v2.22.2: Hardhat v2.22.2

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This release introduces a small change to the initialization process of Hardhat, which makes the task runner more extensible.

Changelog

• 7876104: Initialize the Hardhat Runtime Environment before passing the command line arguments. Thanks @​theethernaut!

v2.22.1: Hardhat v2.22.1

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This release updates the starter projects available through hardhat init to include Hardhat Ignition as the default deployment system.

v2.22.0: Hardhat v2.22.0

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This release sets Cancun as the default hardfork used by the Hardhat Network.

v2.21.0: Hardhat v2.21.0 — Introducing EDR

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This version of Hardhat marks the debut of EDR (Ethereum Development Runtime), our new Rust-based runtime that is a complete rewrite of the original TypeScript-based Hardhat Network. This release lays a new long-term foundation for Hardhat's evolution over the coming year.

There are no functional changes, but there are some performance improvements across the board, which we’ll continue to expand in future updates.

Given the significance of this internal change, there’s a possibility of bugs. If you encounter any problems specific to this version, please report them by opening an issue. You should be able to downgrade to v2.20.1 without losing functionality if needed.

solidity-coverage out-of-memory issues

The solidity-coverage plugin works by heavily instrumenting the code, which sometimes causes OOM (out-of-memory) issues. This new version of Hardhat can, in certain cases, make those problems more likely.

If you run into this, you can fix it by using Node.js’s --max-old-space-size flag:

NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192" npx hardhat coverage

Dropping support for Node.js v16

As part of this release, we are dropping support for Node.js v16. This version of Node.js reached its end-of-life in September of last year. You can learn more about our support guarantees here.

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