docs: notes from chat w/Richard

packages/orchestration/test/examples/quickSend-perf.test.ts

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+/**
+ * advance parameters:
+rate of new requests per block
+distribution of requests over unique addresses (uniform vs. power-law(b))
+delay, in blocks, between CCTP request and noble mint (for settlement)
+background work, unrelated to Fast USDC
+probably assume 0, at least initially
+
+
+
+
+
+NEW
+
+1:49
+resulting measurements:
+maximum sustainable load at steady state
+#blocks to recover from unsustainably high load
+ */
+
+const runSim = async ({ fanout, mintDelay }) => {
+  let maxSustainable;
+
+  // TODO: mintDelay
+  for (let rate = 1; ; rate += 1) {
+    const something = scheduleReports(rate, fanout);
+    scheduleMints(something);
+    const policy = computronCounter(); // see line 266 of launch-chain.js
+    const leftover = controller.run(); // runKernel / handleNextBlock
+    if (leftover.length > 0) {
+      maxSustainable = rate;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { maxSustainable, recoveryBlocks };
+};