Reduce some CI/CD tests (#6698)

* reduce some CI/CD tests

* add node 20 to Build CJS

* update hardhat version

Author: Muhammad-Altabba

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [18, 16]
+        node: [18, 20]
     name: Build CJS
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       strategy:
           matrix:
-              node: [ 18, 16 ]
+              node: [ 18 ]
       steps:
           -   uses: actions/setup-node@v3
               with:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       strategy:
           matrix:
-              node: [ 18, 16 ]
+              node: [ 18 ]
       steps:
           -   uses: actions/setup-node@v3
               with:
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [18, 16]
+        node: [18, 20]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.node == 18 }}
 
   integration:
-    name: Integration
+    name: Integration # (ganache with HTTP)
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node: [18, 16]
-        backend: ['geth', 'ganache']
-        mode: ['http', 'ws']
+        node: [18]
+        backend: ['ganache']
+        mode: ['http']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
 
   e2e-ipc:
-    name: Integration IPC
+    name: Integration # (geth with HTTP, IPC & WS)
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node: [ 18, 16 ]
+        node: [ 18 ]
         backend: [ 'geth' ]
-        mode: [ 'ipc' ]
+        mode: [ 'ipc', 'ws', 'http' ]
     steps:
       -   uses: actions/setup-node@v3
           with:
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node: [18, 16]
+        node: [18]
         browser: ['electron', 'chrome', 'firefox']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3

packages/web3/package.json

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 		"eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
 		"ethereum-cryptography": "^2.1.2",
 		"ganache": "^7.5.0",
-		"hardhat": "^2.12.2",
+		"hardhat": "^2.19.4",
 		"in3": "^3.3.3",
 		"jest": "^29.7.0",
 		"jest-extended": "^3.0.1",