getPastEvents doesn't support filter

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Fixes #5863

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Asset	Old size	New size	Diff	Diff %
Total	721 KB	721 KB	303 bytes	0.04%

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Asset	Old size	New size	Diff	Diff %
web3.min.js	704 KB	705 KB	303 bytes	0.04%
../lib/commonjs/index.d.ts	8.43 KB	8.43 KB	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/accounts.d.ts	3.66 KB	3.66 KB	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/types.d.ts	2.4 KB	2.4 KB	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/abi.d.ts	1000 bytes	1000 bytes	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/web3.d.ts	808 bytes	808 bytes	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/eth.exports.d.ts	280 bytes	280 bytes	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/providers.exports.d.ts	148 bytes	148 bytes	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/version.d.ts	60 bytes	60 bytes	0	0.00%

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Codecov Report

Merging #6010 (2888938) into 4.x (3d80e63) will increase coverage by 0.01%.
The diff coverage is 75.00%.

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+ Coverage   85.82%   85.84%   +0.01%     
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  Files         156      156              
  Lines        7408     7423      +15     
  Branches     2006     2016      +10     
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+ Hits         6358     6372      +14     
- Misses       1050     1051       +1     

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UnitTests	85.84% <75.00%> (+0.01%)	⬆️

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Components	Coverage Δ
web3	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-core	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-errors	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-abi	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-accounts	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-contract	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-ens	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-iban	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-personal	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-net	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-providers-http	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-providers-ipc	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-providers-ws	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-rpc-methods	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-utils	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-validator	∅ <ø> (∅)

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