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Backport #7893 into `stable2503` from franciscoaguirre.

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Backport for:
- https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/7866


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backport revive PRs:
- #7928 [pallet-revive] Fix pallet-revive-fixtures build.rs 
- #7879 [pallet-revive] Support blocktag in eth_getLogs RPC
- #7848 [pallet-revive] Add support for eip1898 block notation
- #7844 [pallet-revive] fixture as dev dep
- #7827 [revive-rpc] allow using legacy data field
- #7810 [pallet-revive] precompiles 2->9

- **bump asset-hub-westend spec version**

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Backport #7763 into `stable2503` from Ank4n.

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Backport #7892 into `stable2503` from EgorPopelyaev.

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Backport #7889 into `stable2503` from franciscoaguirre.

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Backport #7877 into `stable2503` from EgorPopelyaev.

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Backport #7847 into `stable2503` from alexggh.

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Backport of #7787 into 2503

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Backport #7760 into `stable2503` from sandreim.

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See #7784

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Fixes https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/7705

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Backport #7492 into `stable2503` from bkontur.

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Backport #7200 into `stable2503` from bkontur.

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Backport #7745 into `stable2503` from EgorPopelyaev.

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Backport #7685 into `stable2503` from Ank4n.

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Backport #7607 into `stable2503` from re-gius.

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