Backport fixes to stable (#1855)

* Fix up the VM trace.

* Fix test.

* Fix state not using "account_starting_nonce" (#1830)

* failng test

* use account_starting_nonce instead of zero

* simplier test

* jsons are getting closer

* incorrect test client and incorrect tests fix

* null_morden is using 0x0 starting nonce

* replaced json with the correct one

* superwhatever line

* Bump json-ipc-server again (#1839)

* bump ipc version

* bumping once more

* v1.2.4

* Fixed reported max height and transaction propagation (#1852)

* Fixed max height and transaction propagation

* Fixed tests