Fixup base fee type (#6456)

* Fixup base fee type

* Removes any

* v4.2.0-bigint

* Adds changelog

* Update packages/web3-core/CHANGELOG.md

Co-authored-by: Alex  <[email protected]>

* Remove version name

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Co-authored-by: 3commascapital <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Muhammad Altabba <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Alex <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Alex <[email protected]>

Author: 5 people

packages/web3-core/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -183,4 +183,5 @@ Documentation:
 
 ### Changed
 
--   defaultTransactionType is now type 0x2 instead of 0x0 (#6282)
+-   defaultTransactionType is now type 0x2 instead of 0x0 (#6282)
+-   Allows formatter to parse large base fee (#6456)

packages/web3-core/src/formatters.ts

@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ export const outputBlockFormatter = (block: BlockInput): BlockOutput => {
 	}
 
 	if (block.baseFeePerGas) {
-		modifiedBlock.baseFeePerGas = hexToNumber(block.baseFeePerGas);
+		modifiedBlock.baseFeePerGas = outputBigIntegerFormatter(block.baseFeePerGas);
 	}
 
 	return modifiedBlock;

packages/web3-core/test/unit/formatters.test.ts

@@ -537,12 +537,13 @@ describe('formatters', () => {
 		});
 
 		it('should convert "baseFeePerGas" from hex to number', () => {
+			jest.spyOn(formatters, 'outputBigIntegerFormatter').mockReturnValue(123);
 			const result = outputBlockFormatter({
 				...validBlock,
 				baseFeePerGas: 'baseFeePerGas',
 			} as any);
 
-			expect(utils.hexToNumber).toHaveBeenCalledWith('baseFeePerGas');
+			expect(outputBigIntegerFormatter).toHaveBeenCalledWith('baseFeePerGas');
 			expect(result).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ baseFeePerGas: hexToNumberResult }));
 		});
 	});