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Upgrade num-bigint dependency to v0.5

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the repository's Rust dependency manifest and inspect the current num-bigint and rand entries. Upgrade num-bigint to v0.5, resolve any resulting dependency changes, and run the existing test suite or build checks. Done means the project builds successfully and the duplicate rand v0.8 dependency is eliminated.

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Description

awaiting upstream B - medium priority dependencies

Required to eliminate the duplicate rand v0.8 dependency.

Dominant language
Rust
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