api!: rename path to merkle path for contract api json msgs (backport #6962)

[mergify]

Description

This was already merged in the release branches, but not yet in main.

closes: #XXXX

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This is an automatic backport of pull request #6962 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).

[mergify]

Cherry-pick of 5a6b4ae has failed:

On branch mergify/bp/release/v9.0.x/pr-6962
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/release/v9.0.x'.

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Changes to be committed:
	modified:   modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types/contract_api.go

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	both modified:   modules/light-clients/08-wasm/CHANGELOG.md

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Quality Gate passed for 'ibc-go'

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[DimitrisJim]

not sure why we're bp this? we don't typically cut the wasm release from the ibc release branch it corresponds to?

[colin-axner]

yea lets close. I wonder if we should start rm'ing the separate go.mod's from ibc-go release branch