cmd/clef, signer: initial poc of the standalone signer (#16154)

* signer: introduce external signer command

* cmd/signer, rpc: Implement new signer. Add info about remote user to Context

* signer: refactored request/response, made use of urfave.cli

* cmd/signer: Use common flags

* cmd/signer: methods to validate calldata against abi

* cmd/signer: work on abi parser

* signer: add mutex around UI

* cmd/signer: add json 4byte directory, remove passwords from api

* cmd/signer: minor changes

* cmd/signer: Use ErrRequestDenied, enable lightkdf

* cmd/signer: implement tests

* cmd/signer: made possible for UI to modify tx parameters

* cmd/signer: refactors, removed channels in ui comms, added UI-api via stdin/out

* cmd/signer: Made lowercase json-definitions, added UI-signer test functionality

* cmd/signer: update documentation

* cmd/signer: fix bugs, improve abi detection, abi argument display

* cmd/signer: minor change in json format

* cmd/signer: rework json communication

* cmd/signer: implement mixcase addresses in API, fix json id bug

* cmd/signer: rename fromaccount, update pythonpoc with new json encoding format

* cmd/signer: make use of new abi interface

* signer: documentation

* signer/main: remove redundant  option

* signer: implement audit logging

* signer: create package 'signer', minor changes

* common: add 0x-prefix to mixcaseaddress in json marshalling + validation

* signer, rules, storage: implement rules + ephemeral storage for signer rules

* signer: implement OnApprovedTx, change signing response (API BREAKAGE)

* signer: refactoring + documentation

* signer/rules: implement dispatching to next handler

* signer: docs

* signer/rules: hide json-conversion from users, ensure context is cleaned

* signer: docs

* signer: implement validation rules, change signature of call_info

* signer: fix log flaw with string pointer

* signer: implement custom 4byte databsae that saves submitted signatures

* signer/storage: implement aes-gcm-backed credential storage

* accounts: implement json unmarshalling of url

* signer: fix listresponse, fix gas->uint64

* node: make http/ipc start methods public

* signer: add ipc capability+review concerns

* accounts: correct docstring

* signer: address review concerns

* rpc: go fmt -s

* signer: review concerns+ baptize Clef

* signer,node: move Start-functions to separate file

* signer: formatting

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+### Changelog for external API
+
+
+
+#### 2.0.0
+
+* Commit `73abaf04b1372fa4c43201fb1b8019fe6b0a6f8d`, move `from` into `transaction` object in `signTransaction`. This
+makes the `accounts_signTransaction` identical to the old `eth_signTransaction`.
+
+
+#### 1.0.0
+
+Initial release.
+
+### Versioning
+
+The API uses [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/).
+
+TLDR; Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
+
+* MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
+* MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
+* PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
+
+Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.