Series

Christchurch Hacker Conference

New Zealand hacker-conference badge lineage, represented by source-backed CHCon 2018 and 2019 identity/challenge artifact records plus the CHCon 2025 ESP32-C3, OLED, RGB LED, bare-metal Rust, and Minecraft-server badge record.

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Events

Lineage Notes

New Zealand hacker-conference badge lineage, represented by source-backed CHCon 2018 and 2019 identity/challenge artifact records plus the CHCon 2025 ESP32-C3, OLED, RGB LED, bare-metal Rust, and Minecraft-server badge record.

Use the badge cards below for sourced hardware, software, lore, issues, add-ons, and author credits.

Badges

Seeded records

CHCon 2018 · 2018

CHCon 2018 Identity Badge and Badge Challenge

Christchurch identity tag with source-backed badge-challenge context

CHCon 2018's official site documents identification tags/badges as part of the event materials and says CTF, badge, and locksport challenges would run throughout the main event.

CHCon 2019 · 2019

CHCon 2019 Identity Tags and Badges

Arts Centre identity-badge materials with electronic challenge context

CHCon 2019's official sponsorship page documents identification tags/badges and printed materials, while the official about page documents a two-day CTF with cyber, physical, and electronic challenges.

CHCon 2025 · 2025

CHCon 2025 Badge

ESP32-C3 pukeko badge with OLED, RGB LEDs, Rust VM, and Minecraft server

CHCon 2025's attendee badge was a custom circuit-board badge with an ESP32-C3, SSD1306 128x64 OLED, 24 WS2812 RGB LEDs, USB Serial JTAG shell access, bare-metal Rust firmware, a stack-based pattern VM, and a Minecraft 1.21.4 challenge server.