Merge pull request #1897 from web3j/bump_version_498

bump version to 4.9.8

Author: gtebrean

Diff for: README.md

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Java:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.web3j</groupId>
   <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-  <version>4.9.7</version>
+  <version>4.9.8</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Gradle
 Java:
 
 ```groovy
-implementation ('org.web3j:core:4.9.7')
+implementation ('org.web3j:core:4.9.8')
 ```
 
 Android:

Diff for: build.gradle

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ext {
     // test dependencies
     equalsverifierVersion = '3.5.5'
     junitVersion = '5.5.2'
-    web3jUnitVersion = '4.9.6'
+    web3jUnitVersion = '4.9.7'
     junitBenchmarkVersion = '0.7.2'
     logbackVersion = '1.2.3'
     mockitoJunitVersion = '3.1.0'

Diff for: gradle.properties

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 group=org.web3j
-version=4.9.7-SNAPSHOT
+version=4.9.8-SNAPSHOT