chore(deps): update dependency hardhat to v2.28.3

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
hardhat (source)	2.27.0 → 2.28.3

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Release Notes

NomicFoundation/hardhat (hardhat)

v2.28.3: Hardhat v2.28.3

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This release increases the block gas limit to 60,000,000.

Patch Changes

• 494b2c2: Bumped EDR version to 0.12.0-next.22.
  • NomicFoundation/edr@b5a7b75: Added an API that reports the latest supported Solidity version for source instrumentation
• 893277f: Increase the default block gas limit per EIP-7935. Thanks @​Amxx! (#​7776)

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v2.28.2: Hardhat v2.28.2

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This release adds support for Solidity 0.8.32 and 0.8.33.

Patch Changes

• e6ddffc: Bumped EDR version to 0.12.0-next.21.
  • NomicFoundation/edr@34e1ab4: Updated base mainnet eip1559 parameters after SystemConfig update on 2025-12-18
  • NomicFoundation/edr@2272bc0: Fixed excess_blob_gas calculation after Osaka
  • NomicFoundation/edr@44e779c: Added function-level configuration overrides for Solidity tests
  • NomicFoundation/edr@b5ad15c: Added support for instrumentation of Solidity 0.8.32 and 0.8.33

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v2.28.1: Hardhat v2.28.1

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This release adds support for Solidity 0.8.31.

Changes

• c5a9e7c: Bumped EDR version to 0.12.0-next.19.

  • faef065: Added support for EIP-7892 (Blob Parameter Only hardforks)

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v2.28.0: Hardhat v2.28.0

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This release sets osaka as the default hardfork for local Hardhat networks. It includes changes to defaults for gas limits to match Osaka's new transaction gas limit.

Changes

• 6f50b84: Changed default L1 hardfork to osaka (@​nomicfoundation/edr@0.12.0-next.17)
• c69b99d: Update default gas limit to take into account osaka transaction limit (#​7751)
• a7e4215: Update solidity-coverage minimum version to include Osaka changes
• 6f50b84: Changed default OP stack hardfork to isthmus (@​nomicfoundation/edr@0.12.0-next.17)
• 6f50b84: Fixed default transaction gas limit for post-Osaka hardforks in OP stack and generic chains (@​nomicfoundation/edr@0.12.0-next.17)

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v2.27.2: Hardhat v2.27.2

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This release is a small bug fix to allow downloading of solc version 0.8.31.

Changes

• Fixed the download of solc, which broke for v0.8.31 (#​7761)

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v2.27.1: Hardhat v2.27.1

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This release adds support for the Fusaka hardfork.

Changes

• 722eabf: Bumped EDR version to 0.12.0-next.16
  • Added support for Osaka hardfork
  • Added full support for OP stack Isthmus hardfork

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Diff	Package	Supply Chain Security	Vulnerability	Quality	Maintenance	License
	hardhat@​2.27.0 ⏵ 2.28.3	-1			+2

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