add "lrucache" module, extracted from the 3rd-party tkem/cachetools library

diff --git a/electrum/lrucache.py b/electrum/lrucache.py
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+# The MIT License (MIT)
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2022 Thomas Kemmer
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+# this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+# the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+# use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+# the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+# subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+# COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+# IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+# CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+# -----
+#
+# This is a stripped down LRU-cache from the "cachetools" library.
+# https://github.com/tkem/cachetools/blob/d991ac71b4eb6394be5ec572b835434081393215/src/cachetools/__init__.py
+
+import collections
+import collections.abc
+
+
+class _DefaultSize:
+
+    __slots__ = ()
+
+    def __getitem__(self, _):
+        return 1
+
+    def __setitem__(self, _, value):
+        assert value == 1
+
+    def pop(self, _):
+        return 1
+
+
+class Cache(collections.abc.MutableMapping):
+    """Mutable mapping to serve as a simple cache or cache base class."""
+
+    __marker = object()
+
+    __size = _DefaultSize()
+
+    def __init__(self, maxsize, getsizeof=None):
+        if getsizeof:
+            self.getsizeof = getsizeof
+        if self.getsizeof is not Cache.getsizeof:
+            self.__size = dict()
+        self.__data = dict()
+        self.__currsize = 0
+        self.__maxsize = maxsize
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "%s(%s, maxsize=%r, currsize=%r)" % (
+            self.__class__.__name__,
+            repr(self.__data),
+            self.__maxsize,
+            self.__currsize,
+        )
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        try:
+            return self.__data[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            return self.__missing__(key)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        maxsize = self.__maxsize
+        size = self.getsizeof(value)
+        if size > maxsize:
+            raise ValueError("value too large")
+        if key not in self.__data or self.__size[key] < size:
+            while self.__currsize + size > maxsize:
+                self.popitem()
+        if key in self.__data:
+            diffsize = size - self.__size[key]
+        else:
+            diffsize = size
+        self.__data[key] = value
+        self.__size[key] = size
+        self.__currsize += diffsize
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        size = self.__size.pop(key)
+        del self.__data[key]
+        self.__currsize -= size
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return key in self.__data
+
+    def __missing__(self, key):
+        raise KeyError(key)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.__data)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.__data)
+
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        if key in self:
+            return self[key]
+        else:
+            return default
+
+    def pop(self, key, default=__marker):
+        if key in self:
+            value = self[key]
+            del self[key]
+        elif default is self.__marker:
+            raise KeyError(key)
+        else:
+            value = default
+        return value
+
+    def setdefault(self, key, default=None):
+        if key in self:
+            value = self[key]
+        else:
+            self[key] = value = default
+        return value
+
+    @property
+    def maxsize(self):
+        """The maximum size of the cache."""
+        return self.__maxsize
+
+    @property
+    def currsize(self):
+        """The current size of the cache."""
+        return self.__currsize
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def getsizeof(value):
+        """Return the size of a cache element's value."""
+        return 1
+
+
+class LRUCache(Cache):
+    """Least Recently Used (LRU) cache implementation."""
+
+    def __init__(self, maxsize, getsizeof=None):
+        Cache.__init__(self, maxsize, getsizeof)
+        self.__order = collections.OrderedDict()
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key, cache_getitem=Cache.__getitem__):
+        value = cache_getitem(self, key)
+        if key in self:  # __missing__ may not store item
+            self.__update(key)
+        return value
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value, cache_setitem=Cache.__setitem__):
+        cache_setitem(self, key, value)
+        self.__update(key)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key, cache_delitem=Cache.__delitem__):
+        cache_delitem(self, key)
+        del self.__order[key]
+
+    def popitem(self):
+        """Remove and return the `(key, value)` pair least recently used."""
+        try:
+            key = next(iter(self.__order))
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise KeyError("%s is empty" % type(self).__name__) from None
+        else:
+            return (key, self.pop(key))
+
+    def __update(self, key):
+        try:
+            self.__order.move_to_end(key)
+        except KeyError:
+            self.__order[key] = None