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+Drop support for ``python<3.8``
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+Add basic support for ``python3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12``
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+Merge updates from ethereum python project template, including using ``pre-commit`` for linting, change name of ``master`` branch to ``main``, lots of linting changes