diff --git a/ethcore/light/src/cache.rs b/ethcore/light/src/cache.rs
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+++ b/ethcore/light/src/cache.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+// Copyright 2015-2017 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of Parity.
+
+// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+//! Cache for data fetched from the network.
+//!
+//! Stores ancient block headers, bodies, receipts, and total difficulties.
+//! Furthermore, stores a "gas price corpus" of relative recency, which is a sorted
+//! vector of all gas prices from a recent range of blocks.
+
+use ethcore::encoded;
+use ethcore::header::BlockNumber;
+use ethcore::receipt::Receipt;
+
+use time::{SteadyTime, Duration};
+use util::{U256, H256};
+use util::cache::MemoryLruCache;
+
+/// Configuration for how much data to cache.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct CacheSizes {
+	/// Maximum size, in bytes, of cached headers.
+	pub headers: usize,
+	/// Maximum size, in bytes, of cached canonical hashes.
+	pub canon_hashes: usize,
+	/// Maximum size, in bytes, of cached block bodies.
+	pub bodies: usize,
+	/// Maximum size, in bytes, of cached block receipts.
+	pub receipts: usize,
+	/// Maximum size, in bytes, of cached chain score for the block.
+	pub chain_score: usize,
+}
+
+impl Default for CacheSizes {
+	fn default() -> Self {
+		const MB: usize = 1024 * 1024;
+		CacheSizes {
+			headers: 10 * MB,
+			canon_hashes: 3 * MB,
+			bodies: 20 * MB,
+			receipts: 10 * MB,
+			chain_score: 7 * MB,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/// The light client data cache.
+///
+/// Note that almost all getter methods take `&mut self` due to the necessity to update
+/// the underlying LRU-caches on read.
+pub struct Cache {
+	headers: MemoryLruCache<H256, encoded::Header>,
+	canon_hashes: MemoryLruCache<BlockNumber, H256>,
+	bodies: MemoryLruCache<H256, encoded::Body>,
+	receipts: MemoryLruCache<H256, Vec<Receipt>>,
+	chain_score: MemoryLruCache<H256, U256>,
+	corpus: Option<(Vec<U256>, SteadyTime)>,
+	corpus_expiration: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Cache {
+	/// Create a new data cache with the given sizes and gas price corpus expiration time.
+	pub fn new(sizes: CacheSizes, corpus_expiration: Duration) -> Self {
+		Cache {
+			headers: MemoryLruCache::new(sizes.headers),
+			canon_hashes: MemoryLruCache::new(sizes.canon_hashes),
+			bodies: MemoryLruCache::new(sizes.bodies),
+			receipts: MemoryLruCache::new(sizes.receipts),
+			chain_score: MemoryLruCache::new(sizes.chain_score),
+			corpus: None,
+			corpus_expiration: corpus_expiration,
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// Query header by hash.
+	pub fn block_header(&mut self, hash: &H256) -> Option<encoded::Header> {
+		self.headers.get_mut(hash).map(|x| x.clone())
+	}
+
+	/// Query hash by number.
+	pub fn block_hash(&mut self, num: &BlockNumber) -> Option<H256> {
+		self.canon_hashes.get_mut(num).map(|x| x.clone())
+	}
+
+	/// Query block body by block hash.
+	pub fn block_body(&mut self, hash: &H256) -> Option<encoded::Body> {
+		self.bodies.get_mut(hash).map(|x| x.clone())
+	}
+
+	/// Query block receipts by block hash.
+	pub fn block_receipts(&mut self, hash: &H256) -> Option<Vec<Receipt>> {
+		self.receipts.get_mut(hash).map(|x| x.clone())
+	}
+
+	/// Query chain score by block hash.
+	pub fn chain_score(&mut self, hash: &H256) -> Option<U256> {
+		self.chain_score.get_mut(hash).map(|x| x.clone())
+	}
+
+	/// Cache the given header.
+	pub fn insert_block_header(&mut self, hash: H256, hdr: encoded::Header) {
+		self.headers.insert(hash, hdr);
+	}
+
+	/// Cache the given canonical block hash.
+	pub fn insert_block_hash(&mut self, num: BlockNumber, hash: H256) {
+		self.canon_hashes.insert(num, hash);
+	}
+
+	/// Cache the given block body.
+	pub fn insert_block_body(&mut self, hash: H256, body: encoded::Body) {
+		self.bodies.insert(hash, body);
+	}
+
+	/// Cache the given block receipts.
+	pub fn insert_block_receipts(&mut self, hash: H256, receipts: Vec<Receipt>) {
+		self.receipts.insert(hash, receipts);
+	}
+
+	/// Cache the given chain scoring.
+	pub fn insert_chain_score(&mut self, hash: H256, score: U256) {
+		self.chain_score.insert(hash, score);
+	}
+
+	/// Get gas price corpus, if recent enough.
+	pub fn gas_price_corpus(&self) -> Option<Vec<U256>> {
+		let now = SteadyTime::now();
+
+		self.corpus.as_ref().and_then(|&(ref corpus, ref tm)| {
+			if *tm + self.corpus_expiration >= now {
+				Some(corpus.clone())
+			} else {
+				None
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	/// Set the cached gas price corpus.
+	pub fn set_gas_price_corpus(&mut self, corpus: Vec<U256>) {
+		self.corpus = Some((corpus, SteadyTime::now()))
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	use super::Cache;
+	use time::{Duration, SteadyTime};
+
+	#[test]
+	fn corpus_inaccessible() {
+		let mut cache = Cache::new(Default::default(), Duration::hours(5));
+
+		cache.set_gas_price_corpus(vec![]);
+		assert_eq!(cache.gas_price_corpus(), Some(vec![]));
+
+		{
+			let corpus_time = &mut cache.corpus.as_mut().unwrap().1;
+			*corpus_time = *corpus_time - Duration::hours(6);
+		}
+		assert!(cache.gas_price_corpus().is_none());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ethcore/light/src/lib.rs b/ethcore/light/src/lib.rs
index 94d267c7a..53d32f44e 100644
--- a/ethcore/light/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethcore/light/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub mod cht;
 pub mod net;
 pub mod on_demand;
 pub mod transaction_queue;
+pub mod cache;
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "ipc"))]
 pub mod provider;