feat: optional compression for RPC responses (#6951)

Author: LesnyRumcajs

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CHANGELOG.md

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 ### Fixed
 
+- [#6951](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/6951): Set the HTTP response compression threshold for the RPC server to 1 KiB. Configurable via `FOREST_RPC_COMPRESS_MIN_BODY_SIZE`; set a negative value to disable compression entirely. Small JSON-RPC responses such as `eth_chainId` are no longer gzip-encoded, yielding a large throughput and latency improvement on high-QPS workloads.
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 ## Forest v0.33.0 "Patroclus"
 
 Non-mandatory release with a couple of larger internal changes, especially around mempool and garbage collection. It also includes support for the new finality resolution mechanism. Also, a couple of fixes!