chore: update dependency hardhat to v2.22.16

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
hardhat (source)	2.22.5 -> 2.22.16

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Release Notes

nomiclabs/hardhat (hardhat)

v2.22.16: Hardhat v2.22.16

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This is a small release to replace outdated dependencies.

Changes

• fcece65: Replaced chalk with picocolors, glob with tinyglob, and upgraded find-up

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v2.22.15: Hardhat v2.22.15

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This is a small bug fix release to fix custom HTTP headers when used in forked configurations.

Changes

• ede1cde: Fixed custom HTTP headers for forked configurations

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v2.22.14: Hardhat v2.22.14

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This is a small bug fix release to handle Ethereum nodes that are no longer returning total difficulty from the eth.getBlock RPC API.

Changes

• 09ead48: Fixed error when remote nodes are not returning total difficulty from the eth.getBlock RPC API, by adding a fallback value

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v2.22.13: Hardhat v2.22.13

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This is a small bug fix release applying corrections to our Solidity tracing logic.

Changes

• bf92f4c: Fixed more bugs in the newly ported Solidity tracing logic
• 3df95d3: Remove support for console.log selectors that wrongly use "(u)int" type aliases in the selector calculation
• 4c1bcfc: Fixed minor bugs in the newly ported Solidity tracing logic

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v2.22.12: Hardhat v2.22.12

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This release includes a refactor to our internal solidity tracing logic that should result in a ~10% performance improvement for many workloads.

v2.22.11: Hardhat v2.22.11

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This release adds support for the latest solc versions (0.8.25, 0.8.26, and 0.8.27). Additionally, it includes bug fixes, documentation improvements, and dependency updates.

Changes

• 601d543: Fixed a problem with provider events when provider.init was explicitly called before the first request.
• 224159e: Added support for solc versions 0.8.25, 0.8.26, and 0.8.27
• b43ed78: Added link to Ignition docs in sample projects
• 07e0a9c: Hardhat node can now handle large response objects by streaming them.
• 12d1980: Upgrade chokidar

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v2.22.10: Hardhat v2.22.10

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This is a small bug fix release to improve debug logs during Hardhat Network initialization.

Changes

• 409e99f: Fixed debug logs in Hardhat Network initialization process.
• 46cd7a1: Removed the experimentalAddHardhatNetworkMessageTraceHook API

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v2.22.9: Hardhat v2.22.9

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This is a small bug fix release remove a warning message against the local Hardhat node when deploying with Hardhat Ignition.

Changes

• 6771f00: Do not send http_setLedgerOutputEnabled messages beyond the HTTP Provider to prevent unwanted warnings in the logs of the local hardhat node

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v2.22.8: Hardhat v2.22.8

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This is a small bug fix release to resolve a bug with large responses from debug_traceTransaction.

Changes

• f5d5d15: Fixed an issue with debug_traceTransaction when large responses were generated
• 31d9d77: Upgraded EDR to v0.5.2

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v2.22.7: Hardhat v2.22.7

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This releases add support for RIP-7212 (Precompile for secp256r1 Curve Support). See the Hardhat network reference for details on how to enable the precompile.

Changes

• f944cd5: Added an enableRip7212 optional flag to the Hardhat Network config that enables RIP-7212 (Precompile for secp256r1 Curve Support).
• f6ddc92: Add debug logs to Hardhat Network initialization process.
• 6c943bb: Fix message for error HH206, thanks @​ItsNickBarry!
• f944cd5: Bumped EDR to v0.5.0.

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v2.22.6: Hardhat v2.22.6

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Changes

• cdf0160: Upgrade bundled solcjs
• 3c66da2: Add support for Node v22
• 9fadc22: Bump EDR to v0.4.1.
• 095faa4: Added hardfork histories for Optimim and Arbitrum chains

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