diff --git a/srcpkgs/electrum/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/electrum/INSTALL.msg
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+++ b/srcpkgs/electrum/INSTALL.msg
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+Some optional packages must be installed for additional functionality:
+
+ - python-matplotlib: plot transaction history in graphical mode
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/electrum/template b/srcpkgs/electrum/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/electrum/template
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+# Template file for 'python-electrum'
+pkgname=electrum
+version=2.7.12
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="Electrum-${version}"
+build_style=python2-module
+pycompile_module="electrum"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+depends="python-slowaes python-ecdsa python-pbkdf2 python-requests python-qrcode python-protobuf python-dnspython python-jsonrpclib"
+# Missing optional dependencies:
+#  python-zbar - QR Code scanning
+#  python-btchip - BTChip hardware wallet support
+#  python-trezor - TREZOR hardware wallet support
+#  python-keepkey - KeepKey hardware wallet support
+short_desc="Lightweight Bitcoin client"
+maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
+homepage="https://electrum.org/"
+license="MIT"
+distfiles="https://download.electrum.org/${version}/Electrum-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3644274231326cc6b13a25703ebe6ec22bbbce7832a86d75abc745040475ad6f
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENCE LICENSE
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/electrum/update b/srcpkgs/electrum/update
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index 00000000000..4b1b69c3322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/electrum/update
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+site="https://download.electrum.org"
+pattern='<a href="\K[\d.]+(?=/">)'
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-jsonrpclib/template b/srcpkgs/python-jsonrpclib/template
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index 00000000000..34fdc948dea
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+++ b/srcpkgs/python-jsonrpclib/template
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+# Template file for 'python-jsonrpclib'
+pkgname=python-jsonrpclib
+version=0.1.7
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="jsonrpclib-${version}"
+build_style=python2-module
+pycompile_module="jsonrpclib"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Python implementation of the JSON-RPC v2.0 specification"
+maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
+homepage="http://github.com/joshmarshall/jsonrpclib/"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/j/jsonrpclib/jsonrpclib-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7f50239d53b5e95b94455d5e1adae70592b5b71f0e960d3bbbfbb125788e6f0b
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pbkdf2/template b/srcpkgs/python-pbkdf2/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88bfebd9bd3
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+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pbkdf2/template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'python-pbkdf2'
+pkgname=python-pbkdf2
+version=1.3
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="pbkdf2-${version}"
+build_style=python2-module
+pycompile_module="pbkdf2"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+short_desc="Password-based key derivation function PBKDF2 (Python2)"
+maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
+homepage="http://www.dlitz.net/software/python-pbkdf2/"
+license="MIT"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pbkdf2/pbkdf2-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ac6397369f128212c43064a2b4878038dab78dab41875364554aaf2a684e6979
+
+do_install() {
+	vlicense README.txt
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template b/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2c24ca2033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-protobuf/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'python-protobuf'
+pkgname=python-protobuf
+version=3.1.0.post1
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="protobuf-${version}"
+build_style=python2-module
+pycompile_module="protobuf"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Python bindings for Google Protocol Buffers"
+maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
+homepage="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/"
+license="BSD"
+distfiles="
+${PYPI_SITE}/p/protobuf/protobuf-${version}.tar.gz
+https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/protobuf/master/LICENSE"
+checksum="
+1a2e989ff8820ef2eaf56b07cd40ad764ec505a0f0b52b69f7fa9e0d5afbddb7
+af67c58de2e18677a0b8cb5fffbe2232aabb8eb2930e8cd684769cef3d74a262"
+skip_extraction=LICENSE
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/$pkgname-$version/LICENSE
+	chmod -R o+r $DESTDIR/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-qrcode/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/python-qrcode/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09539ea5d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-qrcode/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Some optional packages must be installed for additional functionality:
+
+ - python-Pillow: Image generation support
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-qrcode/template b/srcpkgs/python-qrcode/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5cfef0ecf05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-qrcode/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'python-qrcode'
+pkgname=python-qrcode
+version=5.3
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="qrcode-${version}"
+build_style=python2-module
+pycompile_module="qrcode"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+depends="python-six"
+short_desc="QR Code image generator (Python2)"
+maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/lincolnloop/python-qrcode"
+license="MIT"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/q/qrcode/qrcode-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4115ccee832620df16b659d4653568331015c718a754855caf5930805d76924e
+
+do_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-slowaes/template b/srcpkgs/python-slowaes/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..003a416ae84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-slowaes/template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'python-slowaes'
+pkgname=python-slowaes
+version=0.1a1
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="slowaes-${version}"
+build_style=python2-module
+pycompile_module="slowaes"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Implementation of AES in Python"
+maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
+homepage="http://code.google.com/p/slowaes/"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/slowaes/slowaes-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=83658ae54cc116b96f7fdb12fdd0efac3a4e8c7c7064e3fac3f4a881aa54bf09