This is largely a cherry pick of #6755 with some additional fixups added where detected.
This change moves the blockchain package to a package called blocksync. Additionally, it renames the relevant uses of the term `fastsync` to `blocksync`.
closes: #9227
#### PR checklist
- [ ] Tests written/updated, or no tests needed
- [x] `CHANGELOG_PENDING.md` updated, or no changelog entry needed
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