Homomorphism between rings

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What is a homomorphism between the following rings:

The collection P(Z) of subsets of $Z$, with addition $A ⊕ B := A∆B$ and multiplication $A◦ B := A ∩ B$, and the integers mod 2.

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Hint: For any set $Z$, the ring homomorphisms $P(Z)\to \Bbb Z/2\Bbb Z$ correspond to the ultrafilters of $Z$.

For a specific example, let $z\in Z$ arbitrary, and send $S\mapsto 0$ if $z\notin S$ and $S\mapsto 1$ if $z\in S$.