Worldwide hacker con badge compendium

Hacker Con Badges

A compendium and memorandum for cool hacker badge tech worldwide: specs, firmware, app stores, add-ons, production stories, controversies, repair notes, and the details people still talk about years later.

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2026 · Iceland

BSides Reykjavik 2026 Conference Badge

Icelandic Security BSides printed badge and merchandise sponsorship trail

A conservative Icelandic Security BSides identity-artifact record: the official BSides Reykjavik 2026 event page anchors the March 18, 2026 Valur FC Club House conference, and the official sponsorship package lists Platinum sponsor logo placement on badges and merchandise.

2026 · Spain

h-c0n 2026 CTF BADge

Madrid Hackplayers electronic development-board CTF badge

A source-backed Spanish hacker-conference electronic badge record: the official h-c0n post says Hackplayers finally produced an electronic badge for the sixth 2026 edition, describes it as a fully functional development board, and ties pickup to the February 6 conference registration and CTF start; the public `therealdreg/hcon2026hwctf` repository and Hackplayers post-event write-up document RP2350/RISC-V firmware, tooling, named co-creators, and winner write-ups.