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The public sources describe the item as the DC503 VIP Banglet and as the DC503 badge discussed at BSidesPDX, not as the official DEF CON 26 admission badge or a BSidesPDX attendee badge.

A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.

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unofficial party-badge classification · repository title and official talk page · documented

The catalogue keeps the DC503 wrist badge separate from the official DEF CON 26 Tymkrs badge, the AND!XOR DC26 badge, and BSidesPDX 2018's conference-badge archive.

Badge
DC503 DEF CON 26 VIP Banglet
Category
unofficial party-badge classification
Severity
note
Confidence
repository title and official talk page
Status
documented
Timeframe
DEF CON 26 / 2018
Source note
pdxbadgers/2018-banglet README and BSidesPDX 2018 Making of the Banglet speaker page.

Evidence

Related Resources

firmware source

banglet.ino

Main firmware source for BLEUART service, scanner behavior, unique names, NeoPixel output, `/list` interaction, and party-badge operation.

Badge: DC503 DEF CON 26 VIP Banglet

Source trail

Evidence Sources

GitHub / PDX Badgers · retrieved 2026-05-15

banglet.ino

Primary firmware source for BLEUART service, scanner behavior, NeoPixel LED count and pin, generated names, `/list` interaction, and badge operation.

Badge: DC503 DEF CON 26 VIP Banglet

GitHub / PDX Badgers · retrieved 2026-05-15

pdxbadgers/2018-banglet

Primary repository source for the DEFCON 26 DC503 VIP Banglet hardware, firmware sketches, 3D-print files, Apache-2.0 license, and contributor trail.

Badge: DC503 DEF CON 26 VIP Banglet