Update minimum go version to 1.16, and default to 1.17

[peterargue]

This updates the minimum go version to 1.16, and the default version used in testing and docker containers to 1.17.

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FVM Benchstat comparison

This branch with compared with the base branch onflow:master commit 0e845f8

The command go test ./fvm --bench . --tags relic -shuffle=on -count N was used.

Bench tests were run a total of 7 times on each branch.

Results

	old.txt	new.txt
	time/op		delta
RuntimeTransaction/get_public_account-2	30.4ms ± 1%	32.7ms ± 3%	+7.61%	(p=0.002 n=6+6)
RuntimeTransaction/get_signer_address-2	27.8ms ± 3%	29.8ms ± 3%	+7.02%	(p=0.001 n=6+7)
RuntimeTransaction/emit_event-2	42.1ms ± 4%	44.4ms ± 3%	+5.43%	(p=0.002 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/convert_int_to_string_and_concatenate_it-2	29.3ms ± 1%	30.5ms ± 3%	+4.15%	(p=0.001 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/get_account_and_get_storage_capacity-2	341ms ± 4%	354ms ± 4%	+3.76%	(p=0.011 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/convert_int_to_string-2	28.1ms ± 2%	29.1ms ± 3%	+3.71%	(p=0.001 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/get_account_and_get_storage_used-2	37.4ms ± 3%	38.7ms ± 3%	+3.39%	(p=0.011 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/reference_tx-2	26.9ms ± 1%	27.5ms ± 3%	+2.58%	(p=0.005 n=6+7)
RuntimeTransaction/transfer_tokens-2	153ms ± 3%	156ms ± 1%	+1.89%	(p=0.017 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/get_account_and_get_balance-2	447ms ± 1%	457ms ± 4%	~	(p=0.234 n=6+7)
RuntimeTransaction/get_account_and_get_available_balance-2	377ms ± 6%	374ms ± 3%	~	(p=0.710 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/get_signer_vault-2	36.7ms ± 4%	36.6ms ± 1%	~	(p=0.836 n=7+6)
RuntimeTransaction/get_signer_receiver-2	45.4ms ± 3%	46.1ms ± 2%	~	(p=0.097 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/load_and_save_empty_string_on_signers_address-2	36.0ms ± 5%	35.8ms ± 3%	~	(p=0.535 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/create_new_account-2	1.05s ± 2%	1.05s ± 2%	~	(p=1.000 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/call_empty_contract_function-2	36.0ms ± 3%	36.7ms ± 3%	~	(p=0.383 n=7+7)
RuntimeNFTBatchTransfer-2	116ms ± 2%	113ms ± 1%	−2.48%	(p=0.001 n=7+7)
RuntimeTransaction/load_and_save_long_string_on_signers_address-2	38.5ms ± 5%	37.2ms ± 4%	−3.36%	(p=0.026 n=7+7)

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Codecov Report

Merging #1692 (8393b33) into master (0e845f8) will decrease coverage by 0.00%.
The diff coverage is n/a.

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##           master    #1692      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   56.31%   56.31%   -0.01%     
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  Files         554      554              
  Lines       32751    32751              
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- Hits        18445    18443       -2     
- Misses      11856    11858       +2     
  Partials     2450     2450              

Flag	Coverage Δ
unittests	56.31% <ø> (-0.01%)	⬇️

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Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
module/component/component.go	40.00% <0.00%> (-2.00%)	⬇️
admin/command_runner.go	79.20% <0.00%> (ø)

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[turbolent]

🎉

[Kay-Zee]

up to 15% performance improvement for the FVM 😮

[peterargue]

bors merge

[bors]

Build succeeded:

• Integration Tests (1.16)
• Integration Tests (1.17)
• Lint
• Unit Tests (1.16)
• Unit Tests (1.17)