Architecture RPC info (#140)

* First draft of planned topic on RPC protocol

* CLarify based on Nic's comments

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Co-authored-by: NicNomadic <[email protected]>

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* Add link to full RPC API doc

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Co-authored-by: NicNomadic <[email protected]>

docs/architecture/rpc.md

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+---
+title: The RPC protocol
+authors: "Tim McMackin"
+last_update:
+  date: 6 November 2023
+---
+
+The Tezos RPC (Remote Procedure Call) protocol is a specification for a REST API that clients use to interact with Tezos nodes and nodes use to communicate with each other.
+Clients use this protocol to submit transactions and get information about the state of the blockchain, such as account balances and contract storage.
+Tezos nodes act as servers and accept HTTP requests from clients and other nodes via this protocol.
+
+Tezos RPC uses JSON to send and receive data, but it does not adhere to the JSON-RPC specification.
+
+For a list of the endpoints in the Tezos RPC protocol, see [Shell RPCs - Reference](https://tezos.gitlab.io/shell/rpc.html#rpc-index-shell) in the Octez documentation.
+
+## Public and private RPC nodes
+
+All Tezos nodes run RPC servers, but the RPC interface is subject to an access policy.
+By default, RPC servers are private and do not accept all requests from every client.
+
+When you work with a Tezos client, such as the Octez command-line client or the Taquito SDK, you select a public RPC node to send transactions to, or you can use a private RPC node that you have access to.
+
+If you're using a testnet, you can get a list of public RPC nodes for that network at https://teztnets.xyz.
+
+Other sources of public nodes include:
+
+- [Community RPC Nodes](https://tezostaquito.io/docs/rpc_nodes) listed by ECAD Labs.
+- [SmartPy nodes](https://smartpy.io/nodes)
+- [RPC nodes](https://tezostaquito.io/docs/rpc_nodes) in the Taquito documentation

docs/dApps/wallets.md

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 The UI can reflect that the user is connected and display the account address.
 In this case, you can replace the "Connect" and "Sync" buttons with "Disconnect" and "Unsync" button.
 
-### Connect to multiple RPCs
+### Connect to multiple RPC nodes
 
 If a high number of users are using your dApp at the same time, the load on the RPC can spike.
 Ideally, the server infrastructure should be using a load balancer and caching to handle the load.

sidebars.js

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         //     'architecture/baking/delegating',
         //   ],
         // },
+        'architecture/rpc',
         'architecture/smart-rollups',
         // 'architecture/data-availability', // TODO
         {