diff --git a/v-next/hardhat-keystore/src/internal/tasks/set.ts b/v-next/hardhat-keystore/src/internal/tasks/set.ts
index 20c8bbf397..2e082b5a46 100644
--- a/v-next/hardhat-keystore/src/internal/tasks/set.ts
+++ b/v-next/hardhat-keystore/src/internal/tasks/set.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import type { KeystoreLoader } from "../types.js";
 import type { HardhatRuntimeEnvironment } from "@ignored/hardhat-vnext/types/hre";
 import type { NewTaskActionFunction } from "@ignored/hardhat-vnext/types/tasks";
 
+import chalk from "chalk";
+
 import { requestSecretInput } from "../ui/request-secret-input.js";
 import { UserDisplayMessages } from "../ui/user-display-messages.js";
 import { setupKeystoreLoaderFrom } from "../utils/setup-keystore-loader-from.js";
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ const taskSet: NewTaskActionFunction<TaskGetArguments> = async (
   await set(setArgs, keystoreLoader);
 };
 
+export const PRINT_UNENCRYPTED_KEYSTORE_FILE_MESSAGE = true;
+
 export const set = async (
   { key, force }: TaskGetArguments,
   keystoreLoader: KeystoreLoader,
@@ -45,6 +49,16 @@ export const set = async (
     return;
   }
 
+  if (PRINT_UNENCRYPTED_KEYSTORE_FILE_MESSAGE) {
+    consoleLog(
+      chalk.red.bold(`***WARNING*** 
+  
+  During the alpha of Hardhat v3 this plugin doesn't encrypt the keystore file.
+  
+  DO NO STORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION OR PRIVATE KEYS`),
+    );
+  }
+
   const secret = await requestSecretFromUser(
     UserDisplayMessages.enterSecretMessage(),
   );
diff --git a/v-next/hardhat-keystore/test/integration/tasks.ts b/v-next/hardhat-keystore/test/integration/tasks.ts
index 5d6342e55d..86c92fd9e5 100644
--- a/v-next/hardhat-keystore/test/integration/tasks.ts
+++ b/v-next/hardhat-keystore/test/integration/tasks.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { remove, writeJsonFile } from "@ignored/hardhat-vnext-utils/fs";
 
 import hardhatKeystorePlugin from "../../src/index.js";
 import { UnencryptedKeystore } from "../../src/internal/keystores/unencrypted-keystore.js";
+import { PRINT_UNENCRYPTED_KEYSTORE_FILE_MESSAGE } from "../../src/internal/tasks/set.js";
 import { setupKeystoreFileLocationOverrideAt } from "../helpers/setup-keystore-file-location-override-at.js";
 
 const keystoreFilePath = path.join(
@@ -73,13 +74,16 @@ describe("integration tests for the keystore tasks", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("should display the setting of the key on `npx hardhat keystore set myNewKey`", async () => {
-    await _assertConsoleOutputMatchesFor(
-      () => hre.tasks.getTask(["keystore", "set"]).run({ key: "myNewKey" }),
-      "Enter secret to store: " + 'Key "myNewKey" set\n',
-      ["myNewValue\n"],
-    );
-  });
+  // Skipping as it doesn't pass because of a message
+  if (PRINT_UNENCRYPTED_KEYSTORE_FILE_MESSAGE !== true) {
+    it("should display the setting of the key on `npx hardhat keystore set myNewKey`", async () => {
+      await _assertConsoleOutputMatchesFor(
+        () => hre.tasks.getTask(["keystore", "set"]).run({ key: "myNewKey" }),
+        "Enter secret to store: " + 'Key "myNewKey" set\n',
+        ["myNewValue\n"],
+      );
+    });
+  }
 });
 
 async function _overwriteKeystoreFileWith(
diff --git a/v-next/hardhat/.prettierignore b/v-next/hardhat/.prettierignore
index a0c7f3f8aa..b51ea5fc9d 100644
--- a/v-next/hardhat/.prettierignore
+++ b/v-next/hardhat/.prettierignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 /node_modules
 /dist
-CHANGELOG.md
+/CHANGELOG.md
 /templates/*/artifacts
+/templates/*/cache
+/test/fixture-projects/*/artifacts
+/test/fixture-projects/*/cache
diff --git a/v-next/hardhat/src/internal/builtin-plugins/network-manager/json-rpc-request-modifiers/accounts/local-accounts.ts b/v-next/hardhat/src/internal/builtin-plugins/network-manager/json-rpc-request-modifiers/accounts/local-accounts.ts
index 79c0cc286b..28325b94c7 100644
--- a/v-next/hardhat/src/internal/builtin-plugins/network-manager/json-rpc-request-modifiers/accounts/local-accounts.ts
+++ b/v-next/hardhat/src/internal/builtin-plugins/network-manager/json-rpc-request-modifiers/accounts/local-accounts.ts
@@ -260,10 +260,14 @@ export class LocalAccounts extends ChainId {
       };
     });
 
+    // TODO: Fix after the alpha release
+    assertHardhatInvariant(
+      txData.to !== undefined,
+      "The alpha version doesn't support deploying contracts with local accounts yet",
+    );
+
     const checksummedAddress = addr.addChecksum(
-      txData.to !== undefined
-        ? bytesToHexString(txData.to).toLowerCase()
-        : "0x0",
+      bytesToHexString(txData.to).toLowerCase(),
     );
 
     assertHardhatInvariant(
diff --git a/v-next/hardhat/src/types/network.ts b/v-next/hardhat/src/types/network.ts
index fa4233fec0..bc1ccbdce6 100644
--- a/v-next/hardhat/src/types/network.ts
+++ b/v-next/hardhat/src/types/network.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export type GenericChainType = "generic";
  * `ChainTypeConfig` interface with a valid `ChainType` value.
  * For example:
  * ```ts
- * declare module "@ignored/hardhat-vnext/types/config" {
+ * declare module "@ignored/hardhat-vnext/types/network" {
  *   export interface ChainTypeConfig {
  *     defaultChainType: "l1";
  *   }