feat: 🎸 allow connection to nodes over http(s)

[polymath-eric]

Description

allow interacting with chain nodes by specifying an http based url when connecting to a node

Breaking Changes

None

JIRA Link

✅ Closes: DA-531

Checklist

• [ ] Updated the Readme.md (if required) ?

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Measures
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