chore: update documentation and metadata

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # farcaster-py
 
+**Note**: This project is not actively maintained, but we welcome external contributions and forks. If you’d like to contribute, please open a PR or fork this repository.
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 [![Build status](https://github.com/a16z/farcaster-py/workflows/build/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/a16z/farcaster-py/actions?query=workflow%3Abuild)
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ print(response.cast.hash) # "0x...."
 
 and many, many more things. The full specification can be found on the [Reference page](https://a16z.github.io/farcaster-py/reference).
 
-*Please note that support for Python 3.7 is no longer actively maintained. Python 3.8, 3.9, or 3.10 are recommended.*
+*Please note that support for Python 3.8 is no longer actively maintained. Python 3.9, or 3.10+ are recommended.*
 ## 🛡 License
 
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/a16z/farcaster-py)](https://github.com/a16z/farcaster-py/blob/main/LICENSE)

pyproject.toml

@@ -24,15 +24,13 @@ classifiers = [  #! Update me
   "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8.0,<4.0.0"
-importlib_metadata = {version = "^4.5.0", python = "<3.8"}
+python = ">=3.9.0,<4.0.0"
 python-dotenv = ">=0.21,<1.1"
 pydantic = ">=1.9.2,<3.0.0"
 pyhumps = "^3.7.2"