fix: use CORS-friendly public RPCs as fallbacks when no PUBLIC_RPC_* env vars are set

[gabitoesmiapodo]

Summary

When PUBLIC_RPC_* env vars are not configured, viem falls back to chain-built-in default RPCs (e.g. eth.merkle.io for mainnet) which do not set Access-Control-Allow-Origin headers. This breaks all on-chain features from any browser origin, including localhost and *.vercel.app preview deployments.

Closes #441

Changes

• src/lib/networks.config.ts: add CORS-friendly publicnode.com fallback URLs for all 6 configured chains via || in each http() call
• .env.example: update RPC comment to reflect new default behavior

Acceptance criteria

• App loads and RPC calls succeed without any PUBLIC_RPC_* env vars set
• No CORS errors in the browser console when running pnpm dev without RPC env vars
• When PUBLIC_RPC_* is set, the custom URL is used (not the fallback)

Test plan

• pnpm lint -- passes
• pnpm test -- 170 tests pass across 32 test files
• Manual: run pnpm dev without any PUBLIC_RPC_* in .env.local, confirm no CORS errors from eth.merkle.io

Checklist

• Self-reviewed my own diff
• Tests added or updated
• Docs updated (if applicable)
• No unrelated changes bundled in

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the app’s viem/wagmi transport configuration so that when PUBLIC_RPC_* env vars are unset, the app uses CORS-friendly fallback RPC endpoints (publicnode.com) instead of viem’s chain-default public RPCs that can fail CORS in browsers (notably on localhost and Vercel previews).

Changes:

• Added publicnode.com fallback URLs for the currently configured chains in transports when PUBLIC_RPC_* is unset.
• Updated .env.example RPC comment to reflect the new fallback behavior.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
src/lib/networks.config.ts	Adds publicnode.com URLs as fallbacks for the configured chain transports when env RPCs are missing.
.env.example	Updates the RPC section comment to describe the new default behavior.

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[fernandomg]

I would go with dRPC

[gabitoesmiapodo]

I would go with dRPC

@fernandomg that looks fine, but I researched a bit and:

• Requires an API key. We'd need to add the env var and who knows what to dAppBooster, and it would add extra friction for potential users (they'd have to register, get the API key, add it to .env).
• It's rate limited. Rates are high enough, but you never know.

In any case, it's something we can evaluate in a different issue / PR. This one solved what intended to solve.