web3-core - npm Package Versions

[1.5.3]

Fixed

• Unable to send legacy transaction if network supported EIP-1559 (#4277)
• Fixed bug in sending transaction with providers not support "newBlockHeaders" event (#3891)

Changed

• ethers from 5.1.4 to 5.4.4 (#4231)
• karma from 5.2.3 to 6.3.4 (#4231)
• lerna from 3.22.1 to 4.0.0 (#4231)
• Dropped build tests in CI for Node v8 and v10, and added support for Node v14 (#4231)
• Change default value for maxPriorityFeePerGas from 1 Gwei to 2.5 Gwei (#4284)
• Fixed bug in signTransaction (#4295)

[1.5.2]

Fixed

• Remove transaction type defaulting for eth.sendTransaction, eth.sendRawTransaction (#4241)
• type: 0x0 was being added to legacy transaction when using eth.signTransaction (#4241)

[1.5.1]

Added

• maxPriorityFeePerGas and maxFeePerGas now included in _txInputFormatter (#4217)
• If maxPriorityFeePerGas of maxFeePerGas present _txInputFormatter deletes tx.gasPrice (fixes #4211) (#4217)
• Add block tag support (e.g. latest, pending, earliest) to getFeeHistory (#4224)
• Support for EIP-1559 to web3.eth.sendTransaction (#4220)

[1.5.0]

Added

• London transaction support (#4155)
• RPC support eth_feehistory call (#4191)
• Add toNumber method to web3.utils (#4191)

Changed

• Grammar fix (#4088) and updated Swarm (#4151)and Whisper doc links (#4170)
• Removed deprecation notice for HttpProvider (#4008)
• Nonce added to send options in documentation and types (#4052)
• Updated Solidity example to modern syntax (#4147)
• Changing web3 connection example from lets to const (#3967)
• Updated the documentation for the transaction object to include EIP-2718 and EIP-1559 options (#4188)