Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
Hackaday documented thousands of custom DEF CON 25 hardware badges, a badge-maker meetup, and shared API work among makers, making the simple official badge historically important by contrast.
Badge context
InfoconDB source for DEF CON 25 dates, venue, general admission cost, and official event links.
Official DEF CON archive source for July 27-30, 2017 Caesars Palace event context and conference material links.
Contemporary Hackaday report documenting the scale of unofficial DC25 hardware badges, badge-maker meetup, shared badgelife coordination, and unified API context.
DEF CON forum feedback source describing rubber badges, lack of an official badge challenge, badge-line experience, and short-lead-time production context.
Source trail
Official event archive source for DEF CON 25 timing, venue, post-event archive context, and linked conference materials.
Official forum feedback source for rubber/plastic badge descriptions, lack of a badge challenge, and attendee response to the official badge.
Contemporary secondary source for DEF CON 25's unofficial hardware-badge scale, badge-maker coordination, and unified badgelife API context.
Event metadata source for dates, venue, admission context, and official DEF CON 25 links.