Default installation of ethers is 6.0.x and breaks things

[misirov]

Ethers Version

6.0.8

Search Terms

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Describe the Problem

Default installation of ethers is unstable and throws unexpected errors

While the expected behavior for it would be to not break

Code Snippet

1. `npm init -y`
2. `npm i ethers`
3. Run the below snippet

const ethers = require('ethers')
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider()

Contract ABI

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Errors

const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider()
                                      ^
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'JsonRpcProvider')
    at Object.<anonymous> (/tmp/test/test.js:2:39)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47

### Environment

node.js (v12 or newer)

### Environment (Other)

_No response_

[ricmoo]

There is no longer a sub-property called providers, as all Provider sub-classes are now available on the root object.

Check out the Migration Guide for more info. :)

[misirov]

ah this is cool! thank you for your time!