update CHANGELOG for 21.1.7 release (#2347)

Signed-off-by: Karim TAAM <karim.t2am@gmail.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 21.7.0-RC1
+
+### Additions and Improvements
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+### Early Access Features
+
+## 21.1.7
 
 ## Privacy users - Orion Project Deprecation
 Tessera is now the recommended Private Transaction Manager for Hyperledger Besu.
@@ -12,7 +21,6 @@ We will continue to support Orion users until 30th November 2021. If you have an
 concerns, please reach out to the ConsenSys protocol engineering team in the
 [#orion channel on Discord](https://discord.gg/hYpHRjK) or by [email](mailto:quorum@consensys.net).
 
-## 21.1.7
 
 ### Additions and Improvements
 * Upgrade OpenTelemetry to 1.2.0. [\#2313](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2313)
@@ -32,6 +40,12 @@ concerns, please reach out to the ConsenSys protocol engineering team in the
 - Fixed issues in debug_standardTraceBadBlockToFile and debug_standardTraceBlockToFile. [\#2120](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2120)
 - Fixed invalid error code in several JSON RPC methods when the requested block is not in the range. [\#2138](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2138)
 
+## Download Link
+https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.1.7/besu-21.1.7.zip
+
+sha256: f415c9b67d26819caeb9940324b2b1b9ce6e872c9181052739438545e84e2531
+
+
 ## 21.1.6
 
 ### Additions and Improvements

gradle.properties

@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=21.1.8-SNAPSHOT
+version=21.7.0-RC1-SNAPSHOT