add NodeFeatures field to HostConfiguration and runtime API (#2177)
Adds a `NodeFeatures` bitfield value to the runtime `HostConfiguration`, with the purpose of coordinating the enabling of node-side features, such as: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/628 and https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/598. These are features that require all validators enable them at the same time, assuming all/most nodes have upgraded their node versions. This PR doesn't add any feature yet. These are coming in future PRs. Also adds a runtime API for querying the state of the client features and an extrinsic for setting/unsetting a feature by its index in the bitfield. Note: originally part of: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/1644, but posted as standalone to be reused by other PRs until the initial PR is merged
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