diff --git a/bin/local-patch b/bin/local-patch
index fd4b34c3a..bc7510a25 100755
--- a/bin/local-patch
+++ b/bin/local-patch
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#! /bin/sh
 
-for patch in $(find "$(dirname $0)"/../misc/patch/ -name "*.patch" -print)
+set -eu
+
+for patch in $(find "$(dirname "$0")"/../misc/patch/ -name "*.patch" -print)
 do
-    patch -p1 < $patch || exit 1
+    # idempotent: ignore if a patch has been already applied
+    patch -p1 -f -r - -s < "$patch" 2> /dev/null || true
 done
diff --git a/misc/patch/protonlabs.patch b/misc/patch/protonlabs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fb80c22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/patch/protonlabs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/vendor/protonlabs/bitcoin/src/Address/Bech32AddressInterface.php b/vendor/protonlabs/bitcoin/src/Address/Bech32AddressInterface.php
+index 63a06991..d6cc41a3 100644
+--- a/vendor/protonlabs/bitcoin/src/Address/Bech32AddressInterface.php
++++ b/vendor/protonlabs/bitcoin/src/Address/Bech32AddressInterface.php
+@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use BitWasp\Bitcoin\Network\NetworkInterface;
+ interface Bech32AddressInterface extends AddressInterface
+ {
+     /**
+-     * @param NetworkInterface $network
++     * @param NetworkInterface|null $network
+      * @return string
+      */
+-    public function getHRP(NetworkInterface $network = null): string;
++    public function getHRP(NetworkInterface|null $network = null): string;
+ }
+diff --git a/vendor/protonlabs/bitcoin/src/Address/SegwitAddress.php b/vendor/protonlabs/bitcoin/src/Address/SegwitAddress.php
+index 89aba2ed..6405c0b7 100644
+--- a/vendor/protonlabs/bitcoin/src/Address/SegwitAddress.php
++++ b/vendor/protonlabs/bitcoin/src/Address/SegwitAddress.php
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SegwitAddress extends Address implements Bech32AddressInterface
+      * @param NetworkInterface|null $network
+      * @return string
+      */
+-    public function getHRP(NetworkInterface $network = null): string
++    public function getHRP(NetworkInterface|null $network = null): string
+     {
+         $network = $network ?: Bitcoin::getNetwork();
+         return $network->getSegwitBech32Prefix();