Migrate from ethers-v5 to viem

[piotr-roslaniec]

Type of PR:

• Refactor

Required reviews:

• 3

What this does:

• Replaces dependency on ethers-v5 with viem
• Introduces signer-provider separation with WalletClient and PublicClient

Why it's needed:

Explain how this PR fits in the greater context of the NuCypher Network.
E.g., if this PR address a nucypher/productdev issue, let reviewers know!

Notes for reviewers:

• This is just an initial draft
• Rebased over Add a tapir CI job #445 to keep this PR tested (can drop these commits if needed)
• Remove remainder of ethers usage
• Remove typechain usage (based on ethers)
• Use abitype/zod to validate functionAbi instead of relying on ethers
• Originally drafted in Migrate from ethers-v5 to viem #271

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 82.85714% with 36 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 87.89%. Comparing base (1a8c590) to head (1fb32bd).
⚠️ Report is 530 commits behind head on main.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
packages/taco/src/dkg.ts	33.33%	12 Missing ⚠️
packages/pre/src/policy.ts	42.85%	8 Missing ⚠️
packages/taco/src/taco.ts	82.05%	6 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
packages/taco/src/conditions/context/providers.ts	92.20%	4 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
packages/taco/src/tdec.ts	86.36%	2 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️

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[piotr-roslaniec]

Currently fails due to some incompatibility between viem EIP712 signer and verifier on Ursula's side

Error: Threshold of responses not met; TACo decryption failed with errors: {"0x210eeAC07542F815ebB6FD6689637D8cA2689392":"(<class 'nucypher.network.middleware.RestMiddleware.BadRequest'>, BadRequest('Invalid data provided for context variable: Invalid data provided for \":userAddress\"; KeyError - \\'name\\''), 
// abbreviated

[derekpierre]

Closing as stale.