Update dependency ethers to v5

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
ethers	dependencies	major	^4.0.47 -> ^5.0.0
ethers	devDependencies	major	^4.0.47 -> 5.0.19

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Release Notes

ethers-io/ethers.js

v5.0.19

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• Allow 0x as a numeric value for 0 in Provider formatter. (#​1104; fe17a29)
  • Use POST for long requests in EtherscanProvider. (#​1093; 28f60d5)
  • Added verifyTypedData for EIP-712 typed data. (#​687; 550ecf2, a21202c)

v5.0.18

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• Fix signTypedData call for JsonRpcSigner. (#​687; 15a90af)
  • Added EIP-712 test cases. (#​687; 1589353)
  • Initial Signer support for EIP-712 signed typed data. (#​687; be4e216)
  • Split hash library files up. (3e676f2)
  • Added EIP-712 multi-dimensional array support. (#​687; 5a4dd5a)
  • Consolidated TypedDataEncoder methods. (#​687; 345a830)
  • Initial EIP-712 utilities. (#​687; cfa6dec)
  • Added initial PocketProvider. (#​1052; a62d20d)

v5.0.17

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• Better error message for parseUnits of non-strings. (#​981; 5abc2f3)
  • Add gzip support to AlchemyProivder and InfuraProvider fetching. (#​1085; 38a068b)
  • Add gzip support to getUrl in node. (#​1085; 65772a8)
  • Added CommunityResourcable to mark Providers as highly throttled. (a022093)
  • Added debug event info to WebSocketProvider. (#​1018; 8e682cc)

v5.0.16

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• ABI encoding performance additions. (#​1012; f3e5b0d)
  • Export hexConcat in utils. (#​1079; 3d051e4)
  • Cache chain ID for WebSocketProvider. (#​1054; 40264ff)

v5.0.15

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• Add more accurate intrinsic gas cost to ABI calls with specified gas property. (#​1058; f0a5869)
  • Better errors for unconfigured ENS names. (#​1066; 5cd1668)
  • Updated CLI solc to versin 0.7.1. (4306b35)

v5.0.14

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• More robust blockchain error detection (#​1047; 49f7157)
  • Forward blockchain errors from Signer during gas estimation. (#​1047; 9ee685d)
  • Improve fetch errors with looser mime-type detection. (#​1047; 263bfe5)

v5.0.13

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• Force content-length in web fetching. (be92339)
  • Better error forwarding from FallbackProvider. (#​1021; bc3eeec)
  • Add clamping functions to FixedNumber. (#​1037; 042b74e)

v5.0.12

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• Allow events to use compact bytes ABI coded data for Solidity 0.4 external events. (#​891, #​992; 4e394fc)

v5.0.11

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• Synced unorm in shims to most recent version. (bdccf7b)
  • Fixed LedgerSigner sendTransaction. (#​936; cadb28d)
  • Added BrainWallet to experimental exports. (72385c2)
  • More readable server errors. (201e5ce)

v5.0.10

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• Added retry logic to provider tests. (0558bba, 35b64b9, 681f2a5)
  • Fixed link in docs. (#​1028; 2359a98)
  • Added memory-like support and new opcodes to asm. (6fd3bb6)
  • Added basic ENS resolver functions for contenthash, text and multi-coin addresses. (#​1003; 83db8a6)
  • Added support for changing Reporter logging function. (d01d0c8)
  • Initial React Native test harness. (#​993; 57eb5b7, d3b473e)
  • Updating shims for constrained environments. (#​944, #​993; 8abdbbb, 240aac5)

v5.0.9

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• Updated docs for all packages on npm pages. (#​1013; cb8f4a3)
  • Added JSON support to BigNumber. (#​1010; 8facc1a)
  • Updated packages for security audit. (5b5904e)
  • Fix emitted error for ABI code array count mismatch. (#​1004; b0c082d)

v5.0.8

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• Abstract fetchJson for data. (e2d6f28, 2c49a52, e1bbb06)

v5.0.7

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• Fix Logger setLogLevel with enum case mismatch. (#​947; 5443363, af10705)
  • Removed UUID dependency from json-wallets. (#​966; e3f7426)
  • Removed unnecessary dependency from BigNumber. (#​951; 78b350b)

v5.0.6

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• Removed unnecessary dependency from BigNumber. (#​951; 78b350b)
  • Longer Etherscan throttle slot interval. (9f20258)
  • Fixed ENS overrides for the default provider. (#​959; 63dd3d4)
  • Added Retry-After support and adjustable slot interval to fetchJson. (7d43545)
  • Added initial throttling support. (#​139, #​904, #​926; 88c7eae)
  • Use status code 1000 on WebSocket hangup for compatibility. (588f64c)
  • Updated WebSocketProvider to use web-style event listener API. (57fd6f0)
  • Normalize formatUnits to simplified decimals. (79b1da1)
  • Prevent zero-padding on Solidity type lengths. (e128bfc)
  • Set sensible defaults for INFURA and AlchemyAPI getWebSocketProvider methods. (e3d3e60)
  • Added logger assert methods. (619a888)
  • Added initial code coverage testing. (0c1d55b)
  • Added destroy to WebSocketProvider. (d0a79c6)
  • Updated packages (security updates). (c660176)

v5.0.5

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• Fixed splitSignature when recoveryParam is encoded directly. (#​893, #​933; bf65ddb)
  • Fixed BigNumber string validation. (#​935; 7e56f3d)

v5.0.4

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• Prevent negative exponents in BigNumber. (#​925; 84e253f)
  • Fixed StaticJsonRpcProvider when auto-detecting network. (#​901; 0fd9aa5)
  • Added WebSocket static method to Alchemy provider and updated Alchemy URLs. (4838874)

v5.0.3

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• Fixed typo in error string. (7fe702d)
  • Updated elliptic package to address possible malleability issue; which should not affect Ethereum. (9e14345)
  • Fixed FixedNumber unguarded constructor and added isZero. (#​898; 08c74e9)
  • Added StaticJsonRpcProvider for reducing calls to chainId in certain cases. (#​901; c53864d)
  • Allow getDefaultProvider to accept a URL as a network. (8c1ff4c)
  • Make network an optional parameter to WebSocketProvider. (987b535)
  • Removed deprecated errors package. (f9e9347)
  • Updated badges in docs. (d00362e)
  • Create security policy. Create security policy. (88e6849)

v5.0.2

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• Allow provider.ready to stall until the network is available. (#​882; bbb4f40)
  • Reduce dependencies to squash security issues. (738d349)
  • Updated admin scripts for publishing prod releases. (e0e0dbe)

v5.0.1

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• Allow 0x as a numeric value for 0 in Provider formatter. (#​1104; fe17a29)
  • Use POST for long requests in EtherscanProvider. (#​1093; 28f60d5)
  • Added verifyTypedData for EIP-712 typed data. (#​687; 550ecf2, a21202c)

v5.0.0

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• Preserve config canary string. (7157816)
  • Updated docs. (9e4c7e6)

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