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SomberNight 941db4214c README: add Windows- & macOS-specific "how to run from source" readmes

note: unclear where to put these files... `contrib/build-wine/` and `contrib/osx/`
contain binary-building-related files. maybe we could have a `doc/` folder
if the need for more similar files arise.
atm there are these two, plus maybe `contrib/docker_notes.md`.

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Running Electrum from source on macOS (development version)

Prerequisites

brew
python3
git

Main steps

1. Check out the code from GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum.git
$ cd electrum
$ git submodule update --init

Run install (this should install most dependencies):

$ python3 -m pip install --user -e ".[crypto]"

2. Install libsecp256k1

$ brew install autoconf automake libtool coreutils
$ contrib/make_libsecp256k1.sh

3. Install PyQt5

On Intel-based (x86_64) Macs:

$ python3 -m pip install --user pyqt5

Re ARM-based Macs (Apple M1), there are no prebuilt wheels on PyPI. As a workaround, we can install it from brew:

$ brew install pyqt5
$ echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
$ echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/pyqt@5/5.15.4_1/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
$ source ~/.zshrc

4. Run electrum:

$ ./run_electrum

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