Go 1.17

[faddat]

Closes: #XXX

Description

Go 1.17 makes go modules easier to read and audit.

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For contributor use:

• Targeted PR against correct branch (see CONTRIBUTING.md)
• Linked to Github issue with discussion and accepted design OR link to spec that describes this work.
• Code follows the module structure standards.
• Wrote unit and integration tests
• Updated relevant documentation (docs/) or specification (x/<module>/spec/)
• Added relevant godoc comments.
• Added a relevant changelog entry to the Unreleased section in CHANGELOG.md
• Re-reviewed Files changed in the Github PR explorer

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For admin use:

• Added appropriate labels to PR (ex. WIP, R4R, docs, etc)
• Reviewers assigned
• Squashed all commits, uses message "Merge pull request #XYZ: [title]" (coding standards)

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #993 (f33926b) into main (2947cb5) will not change coverage.
The diff coverage is n/a.

@@           Coverage Diff           @@
##             main     #993   +/-   ##
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  Coverage   10.44%   10.44%           
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  Files          11       11           
  Lines        1082     1082           
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  Hits          113      113           
  Misses        964      964           
  Partials        5        5