chore(main): release protocol 1.7.0

[taiko-kitty]

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1.7.0 (2024-06-20)

Features

• protocol: add getLastVerifiedBlock and getLastSyncedBlock (#17566) (cf0743f)
• protocol: add new tcb & add test case (#17622) (2384b7c)
• protocol: add new tcb & update related tests (#17545) (97aa874)
• protocol: change guardian prover cooldown windows (#17590) (cc10b04)
• protocol: improve DelegateOwner to have an optional L2 admin (#17445) (1c59e8c)
• protocol: lower liveness, validity, and contestation bonds by 50% (#17616) (c9b8d40)
• protocol: persist and compare stateRoot only once per 16 blocks (b7e12e3)
• protocol: remove hook support completely (b7e12e3)
• protocol: require assigned prover to be the block proposer itself (b7e12e3)
• protocol: update Hekla deployment (#17560) (bfeadd8)
• protocol: verify blocks less frequently but more efficiently (b7e12e3)

Bug Fixes

• protocol: fix an issue for ProverSet.proposeBlock (#17521) (d3037ad)
• protocol: fix Bridge forwarded gas check and getMessageMinGasLimit (#17529) (0082c6a)
• protocol: fix getLastSyncedBlock by writing the block's verifiedTransitionId (6e07ab5)
• protocol: fix in vesting scripts (#17581) (5d7b256)
• protocol: fix ProverSet permission issue (#17527) (98b47d4)
• protocol: fix seemingly quota issue (#17544) (d083eeb)
• protocol: fix tip payment to L1 block builder (6e07ab5)

Chores

• protocol: add assumption desc. for IBridgedERC20 (#17546) (7fa3b55)
• protocol: update TAIKO symbol in protocol deployment logs (#17555) (04bb81e)

Documentation

• protocol: add open_zeppelin_taiko_protocol_audit_june_2024.pdf (#17621) (03cff67)
• protocol: update Hekla deployment (#17543) (98beab8)
• protocol: update Hekla deployment (#17592) (6bcda30)
• protocol: update L1 deployment (#17513) (006e522)

Code Refactoring

• protocol: avoid unnecessary Signal Service call (#17516) (9fac584)
• protocol: optimize storage reads/writes in proveBlock (#17532) (ba5c25b)

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• protocol-v1.7.0
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