chore: reformat golangci-lint config

I made some changes to the golangci-lint config and made it easier to read for those who will be adding or disabling rules. Updated version syntax and modified linter settings.

.golangci.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # This file configures github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.
-version: '2'
+version: "2"
+
 run:
   tests: true
+
 linters:
   default: none
   enable:
@@ -20,77 +22,45 @@ linters:
     - unused
     - usetesting
     - whitespace
-    ### linters we tried and will not be using:
+
-    ###
+# Linters we tried and will not be using:
-    # - structcheck # lots of false positives
+# - structcheck
-    # - errcheck #lot of false positives
+# - errcheck
-    # - contextcheck
+# - contextcheck
-    # - errchkjson # lots of false positives
+# - errchkjson
-    # - errorlint # this check crashes
+# - errorlint
-    # - exhaustive # silly check
+# - exhaustive
-    # - makezero # false positives
+# - makezero
-    # - nilerr # several intentional
+# - nilerr
-  settings:
+
+settings:
   staticcheck:
     checks:
       # disable Quickfixes
-        - -QF1*
+      - "-QF1*"
+
   revive:
     enable-all-rules: false
-      # here we enable specific useful rules
+    # see https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/#revive
-      # see https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/#revive for supported rules
     rules:
       - name: receiver-naming
         severity: warning
         disabled: false
         exclude:
-            - ''
+          - ""
-  exclusions:
+
+exclusions:
   generated: lax
-    presets:
-      - comments
-      - common-false-positives
-      - legacy
-      - std-error-handling
-    rules:
-      - linters:
-          - deadcode
-          - staticcheck
-        path: crypto/bn256/cloudflare/optate.go
-      - linters:
-          - revive
-        path: crypto/bn256/
-      - path: cmd/utils/flags.go
-        text: "SA1019: cfg.TxLookupLimit is deprecated: use 'TransactionHistory' instead."
-      - path: cmd/utils/flags.go
-        text: "SA1019: ethconfig.Defaults.TxLookupLimit is deprecated: use 'TransactionHistory' instead."
-      - path: internal/build/pgp.go
-        text: 'SA1019: "golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp" is deprecated: this package is unmaintained except for security fixes.'
-      - path: core/vm/contracts.go
-        text: 'SA1019: "golang.org/x/crypto/ripemd160" is deprecated: RIPEMD-160 is a legacy hash and should not be used for new applications.'
-      - path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1019: event.TypeMux is deprecated: use Feed'
-      - path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1019: strings.Title is deprecated'
-      - path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1019: strings.Title has been deprecated since Go 1.18 and an alternative has been available since Go 1.0: The rule Title uses for word boundaries does not handle Unicode punctuation properly. Use golang.org/x/text/cases instead.'
-      - path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1029: should not use built-in type string as key for value'
   paths:
     - core/genesis_alloc.go
     - third_party$
     - builtin$
     - examples$
+
 formatters:
   enable:
     - goimports
+
   settings:
     gofmt:
       simplify: true
-  exclusions:
-    generated: lax
-    paths:
-      - core/genesis_alloc.go
-      - third_party$
-      - builtin$
-      - examples$