v4.0.1

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Web3.js 4.0.1 is written in TypeScript and has many exciting features such as:

• Easy extensibility ( with web3 Plugins feature. example: Chainlink Plugin )
• In compliance with ETH EL Specification
• Dynamic Contract Typing
• Native typescript
• ESM CJS native builds
• 85%+ test coverage
• Custom data formatting feature
• Reduced package size
• New packages ( web3-types, web3-errors, web3-validator, web3-rpc-methods )
• Validation functionality using schema

Documentation:

• Web3.js documentation
• Web3 API
• Migration Guide from 1.x
• Web3 Plugin Developers Guide
• Web3 Plugin Users Guide

Detailed List of changes are mentioned under:

• 4.0.0-alpha.0
• 4.0.1-alpha.1
• 4.0.1-alpha.2
• 4.0.1-alpha.3
• 4.0.1-alpha.4
• 4.0.1-alpha.5
• 4.0.1-rc.0
• 4.0.1-rc.1
• 4.0.1-rc.2

If there are any bugs, improvements, optimizations or any new feature proposal feel free to create github issue, or post a pull request for contributions.

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This discussion was created from the release v4.0.1.