stacks-network / stacks-network/stacks-core

[Net] use ephemeral MARF for call read-only APIs

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Description

Instead of opening a write-lock on the chainstate when evaluating a read-only call during an RPC, use the upcoming ephemeral MARF's WritableMarfStore (which only acquires a read-lock).

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