Index: electrum-bitcoinprivate/electrum-bitcoinprivate
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--- electrum-bitcoinprivate.orig/electrum-bitcoinprivate	2018-06-12 22:15:35.699293303 +0300
+++ electrum-bitcoinprivate/electrum-bitcoinprivate	2018-06-12 22:20:02.122480853 +0300
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import os
 import sys

+os.environ['PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION']='python'
+
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 is_bundle = getattr(sys, 'frozen', False)
 is_local = not is_bundle and os.path.exists(os.path.join(script_dir, "electrum-bitcoinprivate.desktop"))