v1.10.0-rc.0

Fixed

• Improved the error propagation in web3-providers-http package to effectively propagate useful error infomation about failed HTTP connections (#5955)
• Fixed "Uncaught TypeError" calling a contract function that revert using MetaMask (#4454) and related "n.data.substring is not a function", that is raised when there is a revert and web.eth.handleRevert = true (#6000)

Changed

• transaction.type is now formatted to a hex string before being send to provider (#5979)
• When sending a transaction, if transaction.type === '0x1' && transaction.accessList === undefined, then transaction.accessList is set to [] (#5979)
• Removed an unnecessary chainId parameter from toChecksumAddress() function types (#5888)

Added

• Added support for getPastEvents method to filter allEvents and specific event (#6015)

Security

• Updated dependencies (#6044)