Issue dossier
The repository supplies MidWestCoast Party and DEF CON 34 labels, while DEF CON's registration page independently establishes the conference dates and venue. Neither source says DEF CON designed, issued, endorsed, approved, or will distribute this project; neither identifies a party organizer, party date or venue, permission to operate at the conference, registration inclusion, attendee entitlement, admission role, or access-control use.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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DEF CON, MidWestCoast Party, and credential boundary · maker source plus official DEF CON event context · independent pre-event association only
The record remains an independently published pre-event project associated by its source with DEF CON 34, not an official conference badge, party credential, organizer program, or access item.
- Badge
- MidWestCoast Badge (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- DEF CON, MidWestCoast Party, and credential boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- maker source plus official DEF CON event context
- Status
- independent pre-event association only
- Timeframe
- pre-event, August 2026
- Source note
- Aask42 MidWestCoastBadge repository/firmware README and DEF CON 34 registration page.
Evidence
Related Resources
official event-context page
DEF CON's official registration page establishes the August 6-9, 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center event context. It does not identify MidWestCoast, endorse the project, authorize a party or distribution, or confer a credential role.
Badge: MidWestCoast Badge (DEF CON 34)
primary firmware, hardware, and interaction note
The commit-pinned README names DEF CON 34 badge firmware for an ESP32-C3, 240×320 ST7789 IPS panel, capacitive touch controller at I2C 0x15, and a swipe/tap no-button interface. It does not establish final hardware, production, or a deployed event firmware image.
Badge: MidWestCoast Badge (DEF CON 34)
public maker project source
Aask42's commit-pinned public repository identifies a MidWestCoast Badge project and exposes current source material. It is publisher-controlled project evidence, not an official DEF CON or party announcement, a physical-unit record, an allocation statement, or a reuse grant.
Badge: MidWestCoast Badge (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
Aask42 / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary commit-pinned firmware documentation naming an ESP32-C3, 240×320 ST7789 IPS display, capacitive touch at I2C 0x15, and swipe/tap interaction without buttons. The documentation supports those narrow project-level claims only, not an exact board design, final physical unit, or completed event deployment.
Badge: MidWestCoast Badge (DEF CON 34)
Aask42 / GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary publisher-controlled source snapshot, reviewed 2026-08-04. The repository describes the project as a MidWestCoast Badge and associates its source with a MidWestCoast Party / IoT-hacking context. The snapshot has no identified LICENSE file or explicit code/image reuse permission; it does not establish party, DEF CON, or venue authorization; physical production; distribution; or final firmware deployment.
Badge: MidWestCoast Badge (DEF CON 34)
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official source for DEF CON 34's August 6-9, 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center setting. It supplies event context only and does not name, issue, endorse, distribute, or authorize the MidWestCoast Badge.
Badge: MidWestCoast Badge (DEF CON 34)