Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#30635: rpc: add optional blockhash to waitfornewblock, unhide wait methods in help

c6e2c31c55 rpc: unhide waitfor{block,newblock,blockheight} (Sjors Provoost)
0786b7509a rpc: add optional blockhash to waitfornewblock (Sjors Provoost)

Pull request description:

  The `waitfornewblock` is inherently racy as the tip may have changed since the last RPC call, and can even change during initial processing of this call.

  Add an optional `blockhash` argument so the caller can specify their current tip. Return immediately if our tip is different.

  I've made it fail if `LookupBlockIndex` fails. This should never happen if the user got the block hash from our RPC in the first place.

  Finally, the `waitfor{block,newblock,blockheight}` RPC methods are no longer hidden in `help`:
  - the changes in #30409 ensured these methods _could_ work in the GUI
  - #31785 removed the guards that prevented GUI users from using them
  - this PR makes `waitfornewblock` reliable

  So there's no more reason to hide them.

ACKs for top commit:
  TheCharlatan:
    Re-ACK c6e2c31c55
  ryanofsky:
    Code review ACK c6e2c31c55. Just rebased and tweaked documentation since last review.
  glozow:
    utACK c6e2c31c55

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Updated RPCs
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- The waitfornewblock now takes an optional `current_tip` argument. It is also no longer hidden. (#30635)
- The waitforblock and waitforblockheight RPCs are no longer hidden. (#30635)