refactor: replace interface{} with any for clarity and modernization

[zhetaicheleba]

This change replaces occurrences of interface{} with the predeclared identifier any, introduced in Go 1.18 as an alias for interface{}.

As noted in the Go 1.18 Release Notes:
This improves readability and aligns the codebase with modern Go conventions.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR modernizes the codebase by replacing all occurrences of interface{} with the equivalent any type alias, which was introduced in Go 1.18. This change improves code readability and aligns with modern Go conventions without affecting functionality.

Key changes:

• Replaced interface{} with any throughout function signatures, struct fields, and type definitions
• Updated sync.Pool New functions to return any instead of interface{}
• Simplified type alias declaration in exec3_parallel.go from an empty interface to any

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File	Description
execution/vm/stack.go	Updated sync.Pool New function return type
execution/vm/program/program_test.go	Updated test struct field type
execution/vm/interpreter.go	Updated sync.Pool New function return type
execution/vm/asm/compiler.go	Updated struct field and function parameter types
execution/types/withdrawal.go	Updated sync.Pool New function return type
execution/types/set_code_tx.go	Updated slice types in hash computation functions
execution/types/rlp_fuzzer_test.go	Updated function parameters and struct field types
execution/types/legacy_tx.go	Updated slice types in hash computation functions
execution/types/hashing.go	Updated sync.Pool New function and hash function parameter types
execution/types/genesis.go	Updated function parameter type
execution/types/ethutils/receipt.go	Updated return types and local variable types
execution/types/encdec_test.go	Updated test helper function parameter types
execution/types/dynamic_fee_tx.go	Updated slice types in hash computation functions
execution/types/block_test.go	Updated test helper function parameter types
execution/types/block_access_list_test.go	Updated test slice type
execution/types/blob_tx.go	Updated slice types in hash computation functions
execution/types/accounts/account.go	Updated sync.Pool New function return type
execution/types/access_list_tx.go	Updated slice types in hash computation functions
execution/types/aa_transaction.go	Updated slice types in hash computation functions
execution/types/aa_abi.go	Updated function parameter type
execution/tracing/tracers/tracers_test.go	Updated local variable type
execution/tracing/tracers/internal/tracetest/prestate_test.go	Updated struct field type
execution/tests/testutil/state_test_util.go	Updated function parameter type
execution/tests/testutil/rlp_test_util.go	Updated struct field and function parameter types
execution/tests/statedb_insert_chain_transaction_test.go	Updated function parameter type
execution/tests/init_test.go	Updated function parameter types
execution/state/versionmap.go	Updated struct fields and method parameter/return types
execution/state/versionedio.go	Updated struct field types
execution/state/intra_block_state_test.go	Updated test helper function parameter types
execution/state/intra_block_state.go	Updated sync.Pool New function return type
execution/stagedsync/sync.go	Updated function return type and local variable type
execution/stagedsync/stage_txlookup.go	Updated lambda function parameter and return types
execution/stagedsync/stage_senders.go	Updated lambda function parameter and return types
execution/stagedsync/headerdownload/header_data_struct.go	Updated heap interface method parameter/return types
execution/stagedsync/exec3_parallel.go	Simplified empty interface type alias to any
execution/stagedsync/exec3_metrics.go	Updated local variable types and function parameter types
execution/rlp/encode_test.go	Updated test struct field and function parameter types
execution/rlp/encode.go	Updated function parameter types
execution/rlp/encbuffer.go	Updated sync.Pool New function and encode method parameter types
execution/rlp/decode_test.go	Updated test struct fields and function parameter types
execution/rlp/decode.go	Updated function parameter types and type variable
execution/protocol/rules/ethash/rules.go	Updated local variable type
execution/protocol/rules/ethash/ethash.go	Updated struct fields and function parameter/return types
execution/protocol/rules/ethash/algorithm.go	Updated sync.Pool New function return types
execution/protocol/rules/clique/clique.go	Updated local variable type
execution/protocol/rules/aura/aurainterfaces/interface.go	Updated type alias
execution/protocol/block_exec.go	Updated local variable and function parameter types
execution/protocol/aa/aa_exec.go	Updated method return type
execution/p2p/bbd.go	Updated local variable types
execution/execmodule/forkchoice.go	Updated local variable types
execution/engineapi/engine_block_downloader/download_request.go	Updated method return type
execution/engineapi/engine_block_downloader/block_downloader.go	Updated local variable type
execution/commitment/trie/trie_test.go	Updated slice type in benchmark
execution/abi/unpack_test.go	Updated test struct fields and function parameter types
execution/abi/unpack.go	Updated function return types
execution/abi/type_test.go	Updated test struct field type
execution/abi/topics_test.go	Updated test struct field types and function parameter types
execution/abi/topics.go	Updated function parameter types and local variable types
execution/abi/reflect_test.go	Updated test struct field type
execution/abi/reflect.go	Updated function parameter and return types
execution/abi/packing_test.go	Updated test struct field type
execution/abi/event_test.go	Updated test struct fields and function parameter types
execution/abi/error.go	Updated method return type and function parameter types
execution/abi/compiler/solidity.go	Updated struct field types and local variable types
execution/abi/compiler/helpers.go	Updated struct field types
execution/abi/bind/bind.go	Updated local variable type
execution/abi/bind/base_test.go	Updated local variable types and function parameter types
execution/abi/bind/base.go	Updated function parameter types
execution/abi/bind/backends/simulated_test.go	Updated test struct field and local variable types
execution/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go	Updated method return type
execution/abi/argument.go	Updated function parameter and return types
execution/abi/abifuzzer_test.go	Updated function parameter and return types
execution/abi/abi_test.go	Updated local variable types
execution/abi/abi.go	Updated function parameter and return types

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