@ethereumjs/common v4.4.0

EIP-7685 Requests: EIP-6110 (Deposits) / EIP-7002 (Withdrawals) / EIP-7251 (Consolidations)

This library now supports EIP-6110 deposit requests, see PR #3390, EIP-7002 withdrawal requests, see PR #3385 and EIP-7251 consolidation requests, see PR #3477 as well as the underlying generic execution layer request logic introduced with EIP-7685 (PR #3372).

These new request types will be activated with the Prague hardfork, see @ethereumjs/block README for detailed documentation.

Verkle Updates

• Fixes for Kaustinen4 support, PR #3269
• Kaustinen5 related fixes, PR #3343
• Kaustinen6 adjustments, verkle-cryptography-wasm migration, PRs #3355 and #3356
• Verkle decoupling, PR #3462

Other Features

• Adds support for EIP-7702 EOA code transactions (outdated) (see tx library for full documentation), see PR #3470
• Adds support for EIP-2935 Serve Historical Block Hashes from State (Prague) (see EVM for full docs) as well as the related EIP-7709, PR #3475
• Stricter prefixed hex typing, PRs #3348, #3427 and #3357 (some changes removed in PR #3382 for backwards compatibility reasons, will be reintroduced along upcoming breaking releases)

Other Changes

• Removes support for EIP-2315 simple subroutines for EVM (deprecated with an alternative version integrated into EOF), PR #3342
• Clean up access to deposit address, PR #3411
• Add spec test for 2935 contract code and update history storage address, PR #3373
• Parse deposit contract address from geth genesis for chain config, PR #3422

Bugfixes

• BLS gas prices fixes, PR #3400