Cannot build js-ipfs with node >15

[matheus23]

js-ipfs depends on bcrypto because of js-libp2p-noise, but that library doesn't build with node >15.
They're working on getting rid of the bcrypto dependency. It would be great if js-ipfs updated its js-libp2p-noise dependency once that's released.

This is also likely what's causing #3696.

At @fission-suite we're dependent on node v15, because of added webcrypto support.

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[achingbrain]

Node 15 is an unstable release, can you not upgrade to node 16? We run CI on 14 and 16 presently and everything is happy.

[matheus23]

We've upgraded to node 16 now. The issue persists.
There seems to be something else going on. In some cases it builds, in others it doesn't. On both my coworker's and my machine it fails on the first yarn install but builds fine on the second (may be skipping bcrypto then?). Our CI doesn't complain.

Anyway. I'd be fine with this closing now, as it might be some other issue, but at the same time I think it's worth tracking js-libp2p-noise's bcrypto dependency and keep this around for upgrading js-ipfs once the PR is merged and released by them.

FWIW, fission is not blocked by this.

[lidel]

(note from triage) this is waiting for ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise#100