Merge branch 'refs/heads/main' into feature/gas-optimization

# Conflicts:
#	foundry/test/TychoRouter.t.sol
#	src/encoding/evm/strategy_encoder/strategy_encoders.rs
#	src/encoding/evm/utils.rs

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src/encoding/evm/utils.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-use std::{cmp::max, sync::Arc};
+use std::{cmp::max, env, sync::Arc};
 
+use alloy::{
+    providers::{ProviderBuilder, RootProvider},
+    transports::BoxTransport,
+};
 use alloy_primitives::{aliases::U24, keccak256, Address, FixedBytes, Keccak256, U256, U8};
 use alloy_sol_types::SolValue;
 use num_bigint::BigUint;
@@ -150,6 +154,19 @@ pub fn ple_encode(action_data_array: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> Vec<u8> {
     encoded_action_data
 }
 
+
+/// Gets the client used for interacting with the EVM-compatible network.
+pub async fn get_client() -> Result<Arc<RootProvider<BoxTransport>>, EncodingError> {
+    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    let eth_rpc_url = env::var("RPC_URL")
+        .map_err(|_| EncodingError::FatalError("Missing RPC_URL in environment".to_string()))?;
+    let client = ProviderBuilder::new()
+        .on_builtin(&eth_rpc_url)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|_| EncodingError::FatalError("Failed to build provider".to_string()))?;
+    Ok(Arc::new(client))
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use num_bigint::BigUint;