GH-7348: remove AcceptanceTestBase

[optimusprike]

• Add BlobMetrics (Add BlobMetrics #7622)
• Remove Danno Ferrin as maintainer (Remove Danno Ferrin as maintainer #7644)
• Fix 7702 signature bound checks (Fix 7702 signature bound checks #7641)
• add Teku EL-bootnode to holesky genesis (Add Teku EL-bootnode to holesky genesis #7648)
• Disable body validation for POS networks during sync (Disable body validation for POS networks during sync #7646)
• Don't persist IBFT2 proposal blocks, just validate them (Don't persist IBFT2 proposal blocks, just validate them #7631)
• Dev/test option for short BFT block periods (Dev/test option for short BFT block periods #7588)
• Wait for Besu to be up before running Goss Docker test 02 (Wait for Besu to be up before running Goss Docker test 02 #7655)
• Rebalance GHA runners to reduce ATs failure and speedup unit tests (Rebalance GHA runners to reduce ATs failure and speedup unit tests #7656)
• Rebalance GHA runners to reduce ATs failure and speedup unit tests [part 2] (Rebalance GHA runners to reduce ATs failure and speedup unit tests [part 2] #7658)
• Fix reading tx-pool-min-score option from configuration file (Fix reading tx-pool-min-score option from configuration file #7623)
• fix opentelemetry (tracing:fix opentelemetry #7649)
• 7702 validation checks v2 (7702 validation checks v2 #7653)
• remove integration tests related to privacy (remove integration tests related to privacy #7645)
• Update protobuf to 32.25.5 to resolve CVE-2024-7254 (Update protobuf to 3.25.5 to resolve CVE-2024-7254 #7664)
• Docker: Only switch user if the current user is root (Docker: Only switch user if the current user is root #7654)
• 7311: Add feature toggle for enabling use of the peertask system where available (7311: Add feature toggle for enabling use of the peertask system where available #7633)
• Add consolidationRequestContract in jsonGenesisConfig (Add consolidationRequestContract in jsonGenesisConfig #7647)
• Enable logging during unit tests (Enable logging during unit tests #7672)
• Force besu to stop on plugin initialization errors (Force besu to stop on plugin initialization errors #7662)
• Implementing support for emptyBlockPeriodSeconds in QBFT (Issue QBFT no empty block #3810) (Implementing support for emptyBlockPeriodSeconds in QBFT (Issue #3810) #6965)
• Improve Log Message When Setting RPC Gas Cap for Transaction Simulation (change set rpc gas limit log level during transaction simulation  #7679)
• Update release workflow (Update release workflow #7680)
• Interrupt candidate tx execution on block creation timeout (Interrupt pending transaction processing on block creation timeout #7673)
• rename Hyperledger Besu to Besu (markdown files - Renamed Hyperledger Besu to Besu #7639)
• Chore:Resolved EnginerGetClientVersionV1 fails for local build (Chore:Resolved EnginerGetClientVersionV1 fails for local build #7687)
• Fix operator generator command excluding alloc field when generating config (Fix operator generator command excluding alloc field #7684)
• Fix for zombie invalid and penalized txs (Fix for zombie invalid and penalized txs #7659)
• fix link ([README] fix broken wiki link #7689)
• feat: LUKSO Cancun Hardfork (feat: LUKSO Cancun Hardfork #7686)
• update besu-native to 0.9.6 (Update besu-native to 0.9.6 #7678)
• Improve finding peers (Improve finding peers #7626)
• fix: Fix DNSDaemonTest - remove flaky assertion (fix: Fix DNSDaemonTest - remove flaky assertion #7701)
• dont' activate flight recorder dumps by default, RIP my ssd (dont' activate flight recorder dumps by default, RIP my ssd #7692)
• Align gas cap for transaction simulation to Geth approach (Align gas cap calculation for transaction simulation to Geth approach #7703)
• add Luis as a maintainer (Add Luis Pinto as a maintainer #7603)
• Moved maintainers to emeritus (Moved maintainers to emeritus #7611)
• Expose revert reason field through GraphQL ([#1273] Expose revert reason field through GraphQL #7677)
• Update release process (Update release process #7707)
• Expose chain ID in the BlockchainService plugin API (Expose chain ID in the BlockchainService plugin API #7702)
• Fix storage range issue during snapsync (Fix storage range issue during snapsync #7624)
• Add suport for --plugins option in acceptance tests (Add suport for requested plugins (--plugins option) in acceptance tests #7713)
• Simplifying BesuCommand step 1 (Simplifying BesuCommand step 1 #7682)
• Changes to release workflow (Changes to release workflow #7711)
• ReturnDataLoad is an EOF only operation (ReturnDataLoad is an EOF only operation #7670)
• return list in engine_getClientVersionV1 response (Return list in engine_getClientVersionV1 response #7663)
• Repackage options (Repackage options #7688)
• Add ephemery network config (Add ephemery network config #7563)
• Support chainId in CallParameters (Add support for chainId in CallParameters #7720)
• Change evmtool eof-test handling of empty code (Change evmtool eof-test handling of empty code #7675)
• add correct default to rpcHost (add correct default to rpcHost #7725)
• wip

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