perf: stop replaying empty blocks #6549

Job	Run time
config	7s
Download test chain database	15s
Build (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-20.04, true)	8m 40s
Build (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-22.04, true)	9m 25s
Validate Devnet Database Snapshot and Replay Pact History (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-20.04, true)	14s
Slow tests (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-20.04, true)	10m 25s
Benchmarks (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-20.04, true)	9m 38s
Validate Devnet Database Snapshot and Replay Pact History (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-22.04, true)	26s
Slow tests (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-22.04, true)	10m 25s
Benchmarks (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-22.04, true)	10m 25s
Build and publish docker image (9.6.5, ubuntu-20.04, true)	1m 25s
Unit tests (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-20.04, true)	6m 8s
Publish (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-20.04, true)	39s
Unit tests (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-22.04, true)	5m 15s
Publish (9.6.5, 3.10, ubuntu-22.04, true)	37s
Run Integration Tests from remote repo	1m 4s
	1h 15m 8s

Provide feedback