Web3.js 1.2.10-rc.0

Hi!

Small release here with handful of bug fixes that have accumulated over the last month.

Of special note is added support for the now-finalized EIP-1193 provider interface. MetaMask recently updated their provider to support this spec and now Web3.js does too.

Added

• Add support for EIP-1193 provider request method (#3625)

Changed

• Upgrade minified bundle build process (from gulp to webpack) (#3618)
• CI improvements: add dependency caching, netlify browser test preview (#3598, #3602)
• Remove references to genesis block in 1.x documentation (#3594)
• Disallow setting toBlock when subscribing to contract events (#3207)

Fixed

• Extend _txInputFormatter with hex prefix check (#3317)
• Extract revert reason string for geth >= 1.9.15 (#3520)
• Fix Incorrect param encoding of BN object in arrayed inputs (#3592)
• Remove mis-encoded whitespace characters from web3-utils files (#3601)
• Fix incompatibilities with webpack Buffer polyfill for wallet.encrypt/decrypt (#3580)
• Fix misformatted fromBlock value when re-subscribing to events over WS (#3596)
• Support Function type log parameter decoding (#2826)
• Add undefined callback check to websocket provider response queue (#3574)
• Fix WS clientConfig type (#3563)