feat: use worker thread for piece hashing #198
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Worker threads actually share memory in Node.js so there's no copy getting the CAR bytes into the worker. This allows WASM piece hashing in a worker that doesn't stall the main thread.
Before
Notice how the spinner is stalled for multiple seconds as piece hashing is done:
before.mov
After
No stall!
after.mov