release: prepare for release v1.5.7

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
+## v1.5.7
+v1.5.7 conduct small upstream code merge to follow the latest pectra hard fork and apply some bug fix. There are two PR for the code merge:
+* [\#2897](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2897) upstream: merge tag 'geth-v1.15.1' into bsc-develop
+* [\#2926](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2926) upstream: pick bug fix from latest geth
+
+Besides code merge, there are also several important fix and improvements:
+### BUGFIX
+* [\#2907](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/0000) go.mod: downgrade bls-eth-go-binary to make it same as the prysm-v5.0.0
+
+### IMPROVEMENT
+* [\#2896](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2896) consensus/parlia: estimate gas reserved for systemTxs
+* [\#2912](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2912) consensus/parlia: improve performance of func IsSystemTransaction
+* [\#2916](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2916) miner: avoid to collect requests when getting pending blocks
+* [\#2913](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2913) core/vm: add basic test cases for blsSignatureVerify
+* [\#2918](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2918) core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go: add gasTip check when reset
+
 ## v1.5.6
 v1.5.6 performed another small code sync with Geth upstream, mainly sync the 7702 tx type txpool update, refer: https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2888/
 

version/version.go

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ package version
 const (
 	Major = 1  // Major version component of the current release
 	Minor = 5  // Minor version component of the current release
-	Patch = 6  // Patch version component of the current release
+	Patch = 7  // Patch version component of the current release
 	Meta  = "" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )