changelog: List changes for the 0.24.0 release

[chfast]

Cover the changes since 0.23.0: the Amsterdam EIP-8037 and EIP-8038, the EVMC ABI bump to 19 for the state gas, the modexp and BN254 pairing optimizations, the new evmone test command replacing evmone-statetest and evmone-blockchaintest, and the t8n and state fixes.

[codspeed]

Merging this PR will improve performance by 2.71%

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⚡ 1 improved benchmark
✅ 128 untouched benchmarks

Performance Changes

	Benchmark	BASE	HEAD	Efficiency
⚡	baseline/analyse/main/sha1_shifts	11.5 µs	11.2 µs	+2.71%

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[Copilot]

Copilot review overview

🟢 Approval recommended

The release notes accurately represent the linked changes; only a minor grammatical correction remains.

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What changed in this PR

Documents the unreleased 0.24.0 release, covering Amsterdam support, tooling consolidation, optimizations, upgrades, and fixes.

Changes:

• Adds release notes for EIP-8037, EIP-8038, and EVMC ABI 19.
• Documents evmone test, performance improvements, and dependency upgrades.
• Records t8n, state, and test-runner fixes.

File	Description
CHANGELOG.md	Adds the 0.24.0 changelog and reference links.

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 97.98%. Comparing base (0f5a9fc) to head (5948646).
⚠️ Report is 2 commits behind head on master.

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