chore(main): release 5.0.0-rc.8

[robwoodgate]

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5.0.0-rc.8 (2026-08-27)

Features

• model: expose NUT-06 urls, time and tos_url on MintInfo (#1003) (832a71c)
• utils: findCashuPayload to locate tokens and payment requests in text (#967) (d094499)
• wallet: add LockBuilder and asLocked as forward-compatible names (#995) (4d69fe7)
• wallet: add swap preview serialize helpers and persistence docs (#972) (02f0bfe)

Bug Fixes

• transport: split request option precedence by option class (#968) (603553d)
• utils: make base64 and CBOR payload decoding consistent across platforms (#986) (59d36b1)
• wallet: keep large proofs in the close-match selection pool (#1001) (a9ade37)

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