v1.8.0-rc0

What's Changed

• feat: add gas estimation to the signer (backport #3017) by @mergify in #3144
• fix(pkg/proof): reject negative indices in QueryTxInclusionProof (backport #3141) by @mergify in #3161
• chore: upgrade to golangci-lint v1.57.1 by @rootulp in #3219
• chore: add Sanaz and Nina as codeowners by @rootulp in #3232
• feat: nonce handling with signer (backport #3196) by @mergify in #3213

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0-rc0