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web3.eth.getBlock(): Notice of breaking output change

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web3.eth.getBlock(): Notice of breaking output change

Authored by Phil Ngo

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve community engagement and communication, we are publishing notice of a potential breaking change in the usage of Web3.js.

Reference Github Issue #4326: https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/issues/4326

Published Pull Request #4330: https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/pull/4330

Reference Documentation: https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/v1.5.2/web3-eth.html#getblock

Web3.js will be merging a potential breaking change in the output of thebaseFeePerGas field. The field currently returns a hexadecimal number, but will return a Number after this PR merge.

Discussions on the PR are available for community discussion. Edit: The update has been re-scheduled for the 1.6.1 release which will be undergoing RC testing next week and scheduled deployment on October 4, 2021.

Please update your code accordingly.

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