v0.17.0

What's Changed

• Migrate tests to simlibp2p + synctest by @MarcoPolo in #686
• CI: TLC by @MarcoPolo in #687
• fix: attempt to initialize fanout when empty by @MarcoPolo in #696
• cleanup unused and redundant code by @MarcoPolo in #695
• gossipsub: clean up unwanted message state by @MarcoPolo in #698
• gossipsub: clean peer gater stats on inbound close by @MarcoPolo in #699
• fix gossip when topic has only partial message peers by @sukunrt in #700
• Clean up empty topic state maps by @MarcoPolo in #708
• Fix flaky test assertion by @MarcoPolo in #709
• test: Add tests for syncEval by @MarcoPolo in #713
• PeerFeedback is now synchronous by @MarcoPolo in #711
• Remove spammy debug logs for partial messages by @aarshkshah1992 in #714
• Migrate to Google's protobuf library by @MarcoPolo in #706
• test: use channel-based mutex in replayActor for synctest compatibility by @MarcoPolo in #718
• Limit control message size of RPCs by @MarcoPolo in #707
• refactor: apply go fix modernizers by @gammazero in #716
• rerun validation if node publishes a previously seen message by @sukunrt in #719
• docfix: contribute.md in Readme.md by @laciferin2024 in #682

Full Changelog: v0.16.0...v0.17.0