Feat/release automation

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Addressed Issues:

Added release automation workflow

• Adds pyproject.toml to package MiniChain as an installable wheel/sdist (setuptools backend), including a minichain console-script entry point.
• Adds .github/workflows/release.yml: builds the package and publishes a GitHub release automatically whenever a version tag (vX.Y.Z...) is pushed.
• Release is auto-flagged as a pre-release when the tag has a beta/rc/alpha suffix (e.g. v0.1.0-beta), so beta and stable releases are distinguished without manual steps.
• Ignores dist/, build/, *.egg-info/ build artifacts in .gitignore.

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TODO: If applicable, add screenshots or recordings that demonstrate the interface before and after the changes.

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[socket-security]

Review the following changes in direct dependencies. Learn more about Socket for GitHub.

Diff	Package	Supply Chain Security	Vulnerability	Quality	Maintenance	License
	pypi/​setuptools@​84.0.0
	pypi/​wheel@​0.47.0

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[github-actions]

Coverage Report

File	Stmts	Miss	Cover	Missing
minichain
block.py	92	16	83%	10, 14, 17–23, 72, 138–140, 165, 170, 179, 181
chain.py	227	63	72%	17, 22, 28, 32, 34, 37, 41, 68–73, 81–82, 89–90, 98–99, 104–105, 126–129, 182–185, 195–196, 205–206, 209–210, 214–215, 234, 258, 266–274, 283–284, 286–287, 310–313, 316–325, 335–336
contract.py	154	81	47%	11–12, 15–20, 36–89, 124, 128, 136, 192–195, 215–216, 225–227, 234–235, 239–241, 249–250, 252–253, 258–259, 261–262, 264–265, 267–268, 270–271
mempool.py	65	16	75%	17–18, 32–34, 39–40, 42–43, 49–50, 56, 59–60, 67–69
mpt.py	14	3	79%	18–20
p2p.py	263	196	25%	30–31, 71, 74, 77, 80, 83–90, 93–94, 97–98, 103, 118, 121, 124–126, 129–131, 134, 137, 140, 144–145, 155–157, 168–182, 189–195, 204–258, 263–373
persistence.py	171	39	77%	84, 90, 92, 133, 143–144, 223–224, 244, 247–248, 270, 282–293, 296–297, 303–307, 310–313, 316–320
pow.py	43	14	67%	33, 42, 52–54, 58–60, 70, 75–79
rpc.py	82	26	68%	41–42, 45, 61, 64, 68, 73–76, 78–91, 96–98
state.py	214	17	92%	35, 56–57, 90, 109–110, 156, 169, 217, 277, 302, 332, 335–340
validators.py	9	1	89%	13
TOTAL	1445	472	67%

Tests	Skipped	Failures	Errors	Time
76	0 💤	0 ❌	0 🔥	14.547s ⏱️