Add-on dossier
A linkable lifecycle record for hardware expansions, app ecosystems, firmware upgrades, cases, radio parts, and post-event badge experiments.
The post-event teardown identifies the badge core as an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 and documents firmware extraction using ESP32-S3 tooling.
Badge context
Primary official badge source for the Antisyphon-sponsored electronic badge, Meta CTF challenge partner, multiple badge CTF challenges, observation-or-firmware solve paths, and badge-team contact trail.
Meta CTF challenge URL linked from the official e-badge page for WWHF 2025 badge CTF registration and scoring context.
Official Wild West Hackin' Fest source for the October 8-10, 2025 Deadwood Mountain Grand event, venue address, and live/virtual conference registration context.
AlrikRr first-hand teardown source for ESP32-S3-WROOM-1, OLED, TP4056 charger, USB-C serial, eight LEDs, BLE messages, firmware extraction, Ghidra analysis, and challenge-string behavior.
Source trail
First-hand post-event writeup source for ESP32-S3-WROOM-1, 128x64 OLED-like display, TP4056 charger, USB-C serial at 115200 baud, eight LED binary/morse behavior, BLE messages, ESP32-S3 firmware extraction, Ghidra analysis, and cryptography challenge strings.
Official event source for the October 8-10, 2025 Deadwood Mountain Grand conference, venue address, event description, and registration context.
Primary official badge source for the Antisyphon-sponsored electronic badge, badge CTF framing, Meta CTF link, observation-or-firmware solve paths, and badge-team contacts Ray Feltch, David Fletcher, and Rick Wisser.