feat: added MILLIS_PER_BLOCK Streaming mode to the simulator #248
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Description:
Improvements to how the simulator is able to stream to the BlockNode, this commit creates a StreamingMode enum, with 2 values, CONSTANT_RATE and MILLIS_PER_BLOCK.
CONSTANT_RATE is the streaming mode that we have been using, that streams a block item, then waits X amount of NS, then streams another blockItem.
MILLIS_PER_BLOCK, does a lot less thread interruptions, and has a more realistic behaviour, since is going to stream the whole block, as fast as it can, and then going to sleep for X-(time it took to stream) being X the target of block production, by default 1 block is produced each second, so it will attempt to stream 1 block per every 1000 ms, however if the block takes more than 1000 ms to stream, it wont sleep at all, but WARN of a potential issue.
Added documentation for explaining the changes.
Related issue(s):
Fixes #249
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