39th Chaos Communication Congress · Germany · 2025

39C3 Hub Digital Badges

Assembly-created Hub achievement badges

The 39C3 info pages documented a Hub badge system where participants could collect assembly-created digital badges via redeem tokens, profile assignment, QR codes, and challenge or visit workflows.

Event39th Chaos Communication Congress
SeriesChaos Communication Congress
LocationHamburg
CountryGermany

People

Authors & Credits

39C3 organizer and Hub publisher

Chaos Computer Club

The official info page identifies CCC and volunteers as Congress organizers; the Badges and you page documents the public Hub badge workflow.

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digital badge creators

39C3 assemblies

The official Badges and you page says assemblies could create badges for visitors, tasks, exploration, and help requests.

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Why It Mattered

It continues the Congress Hub badge lineage while preserving the classification boundary: the source trail proves a digital souvenir and achievement system, not a physical or electronic admission badge.

Hardware

No physical or electronic badge hardware is claimed. The artifact is a Hub-managed digital badge system tied to assemblies, participant profiles, QR/redeem-token flows, and community activities.

Software & Apps

The official 'Badges and you' page documents registration with the Hub, profile display and badge management, redeem tokens, QR-code redemption, assembly backoffice badge creation, General/Explore/Help categories, and visibility controls.

Lore

The page suggests uses such as 'I visited' assembly souvenirs, Mixology exploration badges for the first 50 visitors, help-wanted badges, hackertour badges, and electronic souvenirs for tour participants.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

digital badge workflow source-backed

Assembly-created badge categories

The 39C3 documentation lists General, Explore, and Help categories for badges created by assemblies through the Hub backoffice.

Compatibility: 39C3 Hub backoffice

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digital badge workflow source-backed

Profile visibility and management controls

The 39C3 page documents Hub profile display, pending badge acceptance, default visibility, per-badge visibility choices, and badge management controls.

Compatibility: 39C3 Hub user profile

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digital badge workflow source-backed

Redeem-token and QR workflow

The 39C3 page says assemblies could provide redeem tokens with URLs and QR codes so participants could collect badges through the Hub.

Compatibility: 39C3 Hub profile and assembly pages

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

missing rights-cleared image note

No 39C3 Hub badge image is published because no reusable badge artwork, icon set, or screenshot provenance has been cleared with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The record stays image-free rather than copying Hub UI screenshots, logos, badge icons, event graphics, or generated approximations.

Confidence
local project policy
Status
needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe
current catalogue build
Source note
badge.gallery image policy and 39C3 Badges and you page.

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