Upstream merge v1.14.10

[lucca30]

Description

Usptream merge from Geth.

Releases Included: Aegis (v1.14.9) and Kopis (v1.14.10)

Points of attention:

• core/blockchain.go is a critical file in this upmerge. There was a lot of changes on it. So reviewer, please double check on this
• PR 29179
  • This one I reverted since it removes forkChoicer which is an essential part of bor
• PR 30125
  • This one I reverted since it fixes a scenario for blob transactions (not supported by us) but also break some of our tests
• Some eth/catalyst tests were also skipped following the behaviour we already did on past upstream merges

Changes

• Bugfix (non-breaking change that solves an issue)
• Hotfix (change that solves an urgent issue, and requires immediate attention)
• New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
• Breaking change (change that is not backwards-compatible and/or changes current functionality)
• Changes only for a subset of nodes

Checklist

• I have added at least 2 reviewer or the whole pos-v1 team
• I have added sufficient documentation in code
• I will be resolving comments - if any - by pushing each fix in a separate commit and linking the commit hash in the comment reply
• Created a task in Jira and informed the team for implementation in Erigon client (if applicable)
• Includes RPC methods changes, and the Notion documentation has been updated

Cross repository changes

• This PR requires changes to heimdall
  • In case link the PR here:
• This PR requires changes to matic-cli
  • In case link the PR here:

Testing

• I have added unit tests
• I have added tests to CI
• I have tested this code manually on local environment
• I have tested this code manually on remote devnet using express-cli
• I have tested this code manually on mumbai/amoy
• I have created new e2e tests into express-cli