Bump hardhat from 2.14.1 to 2.16.0

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Bumps hardhat from 2.14.1 to 2.16.0.

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Hardhat v2.16.0 - Extendable providers

This version of Hardhat adds a new extensibility point: you can now wrap Hardhat's network provider with your own logic.

This is done by using the new extendProvider configuration function:

extendProvider(async (provider, config, network) => {
  const newProvider = new MyProviderWrapper(provider);
  return newProvider;
});

Doing this means that all the JSON-RPC calls will go through your custom provider wrapper. You can use this to intercept and handle some requests while forwarding the rest to the original provider.

To learn more about this, read the "Extending the Hardhat provider" section in our docs. If you have questions about how to use this, please open a new discussion.

Other changes

Besides this new feature, this version includes the following changes:

• console.sol is now memory-safe (thanks @​ZumZoom!)
• Added optional params to some compilation subtasks to make them more flexible (thanks @​adjisb!)
• Added a HARDHAT_DISABLE_TELEMETRY_PROMPT environment variable that can be set to true to prevent Hardhat from showing the telemetry consent prompt
• The opt-in telemetry is now done using Google Analytics 4

Hardhat v2.15.0

This new version of Hardhat uses the new ethers v6 based Toolbox when initializing a project. Check the release notes of the Toolbox to learn more.

Commits

• 57120cc Version Packages
• 679bc0d Merge pull request #4056 from NomicFoundation/feat/hh-ledger-log-prefix
• f02d85c Add a prefix to the ledger spinner messages
• a6f7767 Merge pull request #4033 from NomicFoundation/analyticsv4
• 26637a8 Add platform and node version
• 8b3a884 Merge pull request #4008 from NomicFoundation/feat/hh-ledger
• 9c21040 Undo hardhat peer dep bump
• 0c13f46 hardhat dependency versioning
• bfa71cf Finishing touches
• 81e0d15 Merge pull request #4048 from NomicFoundation/add-memory-safe-console-test
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Superseded by #700.