Prepare for 0.44.0 release (#3025)

## Version 0.44.0

### Breaking
- [2887](#2887): Bump Rust
version to `1.85.0`.
Starting with this release, newly generated WASM state transition
functions are no longer compatible with old versions of the `fuel-core`.
So, the change breaks forward compatibility for the network and each
node should start to use a new `fuel-core` release.
- [2943](#2943): Registry root
calculation for compression tables no longer accounts for the evictor
cache.
- [2947](#2947): Upgrade to
2024 Rust edition.
- [2958](#2958): Changed
return type of `balance` endpoint from `u64` to `u128`
- [3002](#3002): Update
`fuel-vm` to `0.61.1`. In doing this, we've changed Receipts to use the
`SubId` scalar type for sub asset IDs.

### Added
- [2954](#2954): Made
`registry` mod public in `fuel-core-compression`
- [2956](#2956): Add
excluded_contract filter to extract of transaction from TxPool.
- [2994](#2994): Simple
makefile with basic commands.
- [3004](#3004): Additional
error logs for Ethereum provider failures.

### Changed
- [3021](#3021): Updated
fuel-vm to 0.62.0, see
https://github.com/fuelLabs/fuel-vm/releases/v0.62.0

### Fixed
- [2969](#2969): Ensure that
vm heap memory is zeroed out on rellocation after `reset`. Adds support
for `GM::GetGasPrice` Bumps `fuel-vm` to `0.60.2`.
- [2984](#2984): Fix client
coins endpoint so that passing `None` for `asset_id` no longer defaults
to `AssetId::default()` but correctly returns all asset types.
- [2987](#2987): Make txpool
pre-conf broadcast conditional on there being some txs in the list
- [2989](#2989): Prevent
syncing compression database from genesis if override cli arg
`--da-compression-starting-height` is provided.
- [2992](#2992): Make sure
assemble tx doesn't count message data inputs as spendable inputs for
covering fee
- [2993](#2993): Pin the
graphiql playground to v3, and cache the result to be reused across
multiple calls to render the playground.

### Removed
- [2955](#2955): Remove
unnecessary lifetime constraints on fuel-core-client.

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.changes/added/2954.md

@@ -6,6 +6,36 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased (see .changes folder)]
 
+## [Version 0.44.0]
+
+### Breaking
+- [2887](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2887): Bump Rust version to `1.85.0`.
+  Starting with this release, newly generated WASM state transition functions are no longer compatible with old versions of the `fuel-core`. So, the change breaks forward compatibility for the network and each node should start to use a new `fuel-core` release.
+- [2943](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2943): Registry root calculation for compression tables no longer accounts for the evictor cache.
+- [2947](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2947): Upgrade to 2024 Rust edition.
+- [2958](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2958): Changed return type of `balance` endpoint from `u64` to `u128`
+- [3002](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/3002): Update `fuel-vm` to `0.61.1`. In doing this, we've changed Receipts to use the `SubId` scalar type for sub asset IDs.
+
+### Added
+- [2954](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2954): Made `registry` mod public in `fuel-core-compression`
+- [2956](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2956): Add excluded_contract filter to extract of transaction from TxPool.
+- [2994](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2994): Simple makefile with basic commands.
+- [3004](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/3004): Additional error logs for Ethereum provider failures.
+
+### Changed
+- [3021](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/3021): Updated fuel-vm to 0.62.0, see https://github.com/fuelLabs/fuel-vm/releases/v0.62.0
+
+### Fixed
+- [2969](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2969): Ensure that vm heap memory is zeroed out on rellocation after `reset`. Adds support for `GM::GetGasPrice` Bumps `fuel-vm` to `0.60.2`.
+- [2984](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2984): Fix client coins endpoint so that passing `None` for `asset_id` no longer defaults to `AssetId::default()` but correctly returns all asset types.
+- [2987](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2987): Make txpool pre-conf broadcast conditional on there being some txs in the list
+- [2989](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2989): Prevent syncing compression database from genesis if override cli arg `--da-compression-starting-height` is provided.
+- [2992](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2992): Make sure assemble tx doesn't count message data inputs as spendable inputs for covering fee
+- [2993](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2993): Pin the graphiql playground to v3, and cache the result to be reused across multiple calls to render the playground.
+
+### Removed
+- [2955](https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core/pull/2955): Remove unnecessary lifetime constraints on fuel-core-client.
+
 ## [Version 0.43.2]
 
 ### Fixed