v2.18.0

What's Changed

This release updates NBC to v1.18.0 further improving simplified consumers and performance.
Please refer to the above release notes for additional information.

Other

• [BUMP] updated dependencies.md by @aricart in https://github.com/nats-io/nats.js/pull/596
• [CI] update nats-server by @aricart in https://github.com/nats-io/nats.js/pull/597
• [CI] npm with provenance by @aricart in https://github.com/nats-io/nats.js/pull/599
• [CI] added clean before publish by @aricart in https://github.com/nats-io/nats.js/pull/600
• readme and bench updates related to noAsyncTraces by @aricart in https://github.com/nats-io/nats.js/pull/602
• Simplify and relax issue forms further by @bruth in https://github.com/nats-io/nats.js/pull/598
• [BUMP] nbc, client and dep versions by @aricart in https://github.com/nats-io/nats.js/pull/604

Full Changelog: nats-io/nats.js@v2.17.0...v2.18.0