feat: derive informational epochs from superblock slots

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What changed

We now derive Engine epochs from the configured superblock interval instead of using a default schedule and zero-valued Clock epochs. Stored sysvars, execution, and simulation share the same slot-based calculation through startup and replay. Keeper::epoch_schedule() makes the schedule available to callers.

Closes #153

Impact

Epochs are informational and advance with slots, not explicit seals. Clock describes the executing slot, one beyond the latest completed block. Zero disables periodic sealing and uses 432,000-slot epochs without warmup.

The schedule follows local configuration, may change on restart, and need not match between replication peers. Ledger and handshake formats are unchanged. Epoch-start timestamps remain unsupported and zero.

MBV's epoch RPC integration is tracked in magicblock-labs/magicblock-validator#1727.

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The Keeper now derives a local no-warmup EpochSchedule from the configured superblock interval and exposes it with epoch_schedule(). Clock values use that schedule and the executing slot. Stored sysvars, execution, and simulation receive the same Clock and schedule. Tests cover interval and epoch-boundary behavior, zero-sealing defaults, replay, restart, and snapshot recovery. Documentation describes these semantics.

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The recovery documentation can mislead maintainers about restart behavior when configuration changes. Clarify that the same schedule is re-derived only when configuration is unchanged.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: deriving informational epochs from configured superblock slots.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the epoch schedule, Clock behavior, affected components, configuration effects, and compatibility impact.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR satisfies the coding requirements in [#153]. Keeper stores and exposes one local EpochSchedule, derived from blockstore.superblock; positive intervals use no warmup, including sub-32 valu…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within [#153]. The implementation updates schedule derivation, Clock propagation, SVM transitions, startup and replay behavior. The added recovery and boundary tests verify the requ…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 95.65% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 23 functions across 10 files. (1 skipped: 1…

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In `@keeper/src/tests/recovery.rs`:
- Around line 115-117: Update the rustdoc above the recovery test to state that
snapshot recovery re-derives the schedule from blockstore.superblock, yielding
the same schedule only when configuration is unchanged; do not claim recovery
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• nucleus/src/config.rs
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