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Given that the key is basically just a very large integer number and given that any password (or a hash thereof) can also be represented by a equally large integer, you can xor the key(-number) K with the password(-number) P and get a new large number N.
Means K^P =  N and N^P = K

Let's assume for the below example that we deal only with numbers up to 15 (4 bits), let K be 13 and let P be 9, the result of xoring them is 4 (see below):

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13 = 1101
     ^
 0 = 0000
=========
 13 = 1101

13 = 1101
     ^
 1 = 1111
=========
 0 = 0000

Ever notice how some short posts about the usual king daddy movements just sound so generic, one could swear the member just asked the chatty AI dude to help them out?
But I suppose that said member would actually have to come up with a good prompt, so there is that.

PayPal won't let me move my free bitcoin (bought with reward point proceeds) to my Electrum wallet...   "there is a problem"  
... bastards.   I'll write to my congressman and bitch about it.

GO BITCOIN

To  be clear, yes, I lost about half a bitcoin, about $200 in value at the time, (or something like that, I cant remember, 9 years ago) but it had nothing to do with being hacked.
I have never lost a single satoshi from a hack.

 Nuff said.

Oh,  a Ledger eh?.. That's another naughty word on this here famous thread, but hey, at least it doesn't start with the letter "c", so there is that.

Yeah, i lost a ledger, but easily restored the keys using a new one.
And my first transaction was hijacked by malware. 0,1 BTC, early 2017.

Sunday OT:

One day (during the latest partial solar eclipse) I suddenly realized that the fact that Moon exactly blots out the sun is somewhat weird and is highly unlikely.
We just happen to live at the time when angular diameter of both the moon and the Sun are virtually identical.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/the-solar-eclipse-coincidence/
Although it is exactly what is happening, the event itself has microscopic probability from all possible arrangements between the size of the planet satellites, the star, distances, etc, etc.
That made me think about other "unique" features of the realm about "right now":

1. First off, all universe parameters had to be just right to make stable atoms, galaxies, etc-that's a given. Our Universe is just one out of roughly 10^500 chances. Good enough!
2. The 'strange' triple alpha process that forms carbon in the stars (Hoyle state).  
3. Sun had to be formed after heavy elements already accumulated...almost 8 bil years after the Big bang...basically, we are 'late".
4. Humans appear on earth 4.7 bil years after the planet was born and the planet has a maximum of another 1 bil years to go before the biosphere is bound to be destroyed by the expanding Sun that would be transitioning to a red giant. So, we appeared within the last 20% of the planet's life.."late" again.
5. The Moon is larger that the satellite of the earth size planet should be theoretically with astronomers proposing (and basically proving) that the Moon was formed by the collision of the "initial" earth with a body the size of mars, roughly.
6. That collision probably evaporated the original water on the planet and resulted in Earth being drier that it would have been otherwise, with most water being brought by comets and asteroids.
7. It is entirely possible that the core rotation and magnetic field plus tectonic plates movement was also caused by that collision, which ought to be a very rare event.
8. We are here during the time when we can still see galaxies. Some time later...in fact, much later, other galaxies will be invisible to us.
9. We live at the age when computing became widespread. Being born a hundred years early and we would have missed it.
10. Being born as "you"-that's a biggie. Each human mating pair is capable of generating at least several dozen trillions genetic combinations, but here you are. Chances of winning a lottery are at least 100 thou times larger than that. Add to that your unique personal history that added to you being you.
11. We live during the age of bitcoin "discovery", so we could participate early, which is almost like having a golden ticket and/or winning a lottery (again).

TL;DR Sometimes I wonder about all this 'selection' mechanisms that resulted in "now", but then, it all depends on the number of "rolls".

To  be clear, yes, I lost about half a bitcoin, about $200 in value at the time, (or something like that, I cant remember, 9 years ago) but it had nothing to do with being hacked.
I have never lost a single satoshi from a hack.

 Nuff said.

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No, it wasn't me who lost coins. I think a recent situation like this happened to either OutOfMemory or sirazimuth, IIRC. It can happen to anyone, and, let's face it, Bitcoin has radically changed the way we handle and protect our cash (of the digital variety, a.k.a. BTC). Even those of us who are very computer-literate can end up in situations like this, and you're right in that I've made several posts in the past emphasizing that fact.

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