- Allow provider.ready to stall until the network is available. ([#882](https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/issues/882); [bbb4f40](https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/commit/bbb4f407b34782c36ff93fa528e3b9f793987d4a))
- Reduce dependencies to squash security issues. ([738d349](https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/commit/738d34969d7c2184242b92f78228ba6a8aed1f3a))
- Updated admin scripts for publishing prod releases. ([e0e0dbe](https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/commit/e0e0dbef1830572c465670b826a7aa2b403ad2e8))