Revert "[qa] Adjust timeouts for micro-optimization of run time"

This reverts commit fa2d68f79c.

Temporary revert - see discussion in #8532.

qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def hex_str_to_bytes(hex_str):
 def str_to_b64str(string):
     return b64encode(string.encode('utf-8')).decode('ascii')
 
-def sync_blocks(rpc_connections, wait=0.125, timeout=60):
+def sync_blocks(rpc_connections, wait=1, timeout=60):
     """
     Wait until everybody has the same tip
     """
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def sync_blocks(rpc_connections, wait=0.125, timeout=60):
         timeout -= wait
     raise AssertionError("Block sync failed")
 
-def sync_mempools(rpc_connections, wait=0.5, timeout=60):
+def sync_mempools(rpc_connections, wait=1, timeout=60):
     """
     Wait until everybody has the same transactions in their memory
     pools