refactor(cli): migrate releasecelo, validator, validatorgroup to viem [8/8]

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Stack

A → B → C → D1 → D2 → D3 → D4 → D5 ← CI must be green

Changes

Replace web3-based transaction patterns with viem equivalents across releasecelo/, validator/, and validatorgroup/ CLI commands and their tests.

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PR-Codex overview

This PR focuses on refactoring the codebase to replace instances of displaySendTx with displayViemTx, updating the transaction handling mechanism to use a new client. It also modifies test cases to use a provider instead of Web3, enhancing compatibility with a new connection method.

Detailed summary

• Replaced displaySendTx with displayViemTx in various command files.
• Updated transaction handling to use publicClient.
• Modified test cases to use provider instead of web3.
• Changed newKitFromWeb3 to newKitFromProvider in tests.
• Adjusted transaction hash handling for better compatibility.

The following files were skipped due to too many changes: packages/cli/src/commands/releasecelo/set-account.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/validator/affilliate.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/releasecelo/refund-and-finalize.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/validatorgroup/member.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/releasecelo/admin-revoke.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/validatorgroup/rpc-urls.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/releasecelo/set-beneficiary.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/validatorgroup/deregister.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/releasecelo/authorize.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/releasecelo/transfer-dollars.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/releasecelo/withdraw.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/releasecelo/admin-revoke.test.ts, packages/cli/src/commands/validator/deregister.test.ts

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Path	Size
import * from '@celo/core' (csj)	1.81 KB (0%)
import * from '@celo/core' (esm)	1.56 KB (0%)

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Components	Coverage Δ
celocli	58.89% <0.00%> (?)
sdk	66.09% <0.00%> (?)
wallets	73.02% <0.00%> (?)
viem-sdks	94.15% <0.00%> (?)

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