Adds changelog and bumps version

Author: ibraheem-abe

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 8.1.0 /2024-10-02
+
+## What's Changed
+* Implements new logging level 'warning' by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2323
+* Adds ConnectionRefusedError in-case of connection error by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2326
+
 ## 8.0.0 /2024-09-25
 
 ## What's Changed

bittensor/core/settings.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "8.0.0"
+__version__ = "8.1.0"
 
 import os
 import re