ROOTCON 15
Primary archive source for ROOTCON 15 dates, Zoom Webinar and Discord delivery, official event context, and public media-download trail.
Evidence index
Primary docs, public wikis, repositories, talks, press writeups, and first-hand notes used to support badge pages.
Primary archive source for ROOTCON 15 dates, Zoom Webinar and Discord delivery, official event context, and public media-download trail.
Primary artifact source listing rc15_badges.png in the official ROOTCON 15 artwork badge directory; used as evidence of badge artwork, not as a publishable image asset.
Primary artifact source listing lanyard_front.jpg and lanyard_back.jpg in the official ROOTCON 15 artwork directory.
Official media archive source confirming ROOTCON 15's public artwork and downloads directories.
Primary archive source for ROOTCON 17 dates, Taal Vista Hotel venue, official event context, and public media-download trail.
Primary artifact source listing lanyard_single.png in the official ROOTCON 17 art directory.
Official media archive source confirming ROOTCON 17's public art, downloads, press-kit, speaker, and talks directories.
Primary archive source for ROOTCON 18 dates, Taal Vista Hotel venue, official event context, and public media-download trail.
Primary badge-directory source showing ROOTCON 18's public Badge archive and STL subdirectory.
Primary artifact source listing Rootcon 2024 Buttons.stl and Rootcon 2024 Single Color.stl; used for 3D-printable badge evidence rather than electronic-hardware claims.
Official media archive source confirming the public ROOTCON 18 Badge directory alongside artwork, speaker, and talk material.
Primary RC19 source for electronic-badge distribution rules, Type-B fallback, Human+ and Blackcard guarantees, and collector framing.
Current official event source for September 23-25, 2026 dates and Royce Hotel & Casino in Clark venue.
Official policy source for ROOTCON Black Badge contest and community-award context.
Primary FAQ source for electronic, non-electronic, black, and electi badge definitions.
Primary badge-taxonomy source for electronic, non-electronic, black, and electi badge definitions used to frame the planned RC20 record.
Official source for 2013 RVAsec event context and the public HackRVA badge teaser.
Official source for public firmware-release provenance.
Official source for limited Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge package evidence.
Official event source for badge-hacking context.
Official source for the guaranteed hotel package and limited electronic-badge context.
Official source for 2025 event dates and limited Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge package language.
Official source for the limited Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge offer.
Official source for RVAsec 2026 date/venue context and electronic-badge package language.
Official source proving HackRVA badge distribution context for RVAsec 2017.
Official event source placing badge hacking and CTF material in the 2018 conference layout.
Official CTF source for badge-challenge context.
Official archive context for the RVAsec badge lineage.
Official archive context for the RVAsec/HackRVA badge lineage and 2017 badge sponsor trail.
Project-owner source for 2015 badge hardware, fabrication workflow, sponsor support, and credits.
Official source for 2016 badge hardware reuse, USB reflashing, CTF challenge focus, quality-check count, and credits.
Official source for retrospective 2013 badge behavior, feature goals, and hardware caveats.
Official source for 2014 hardware, software goals, and badge-team rationale.
Field-report source for Tobias Dorn credit, badge-kit framing, challenge-unlocked parts, and social/physical scavenger-hunt behavior.
Product-page source for the badge name, SKU RLTPP-BADGE, DEF CON 33 Rabbit-Labs vendor-booth debut, limited no-restock sales note, included battery/lanyard/accessories, firmware links, UART flashing notes, SDIO fix note, charger caveat, project credits, and legal disclaimer.
Post-event article source for the Compute Module 5 core, local private edge-AI goal, SolaSec and PamirAI collaboration roles, physical enclosure and assembly responsibility, medical-chatbot behavior, and the report that recent Biohacking Village badges included three AI models.
Raspberry Pi launch-context source for RP2350 and DEF CON badge connection around Pico 2 availability.
Raspberry Pi source for RP2350-powered DEF CON 32 badge description, challenge context, and public credit trail around badge hardware and firmware work.
First-hand attendee source for CactusCon 2017 paid badge package, soldering/de-soldering troubleshooting, WemOS-board identity, Wi-Fi SSID/signal display, Bluetooth MAC-address scrolling, and image-rights boundary.
Primary badge documentation source for participant kit distribution, DIP/easy-mount component framing, BOM, assembly photos, soldering steps, and Arduino IDE programming workflow.
Primary official badge archive source for the DEF CON 25 The Original badge, first-badge lineage, spy-silhouette design, die-cut shape, hardwear.io lanyard, and all-rights-reserved image boundary.
Primary official badge archive source for the DEF CON 26 The Dual Design badge, two variants, spy-silhouette design, skull artwork, and black-and-white aesthetic.
Primary official badge archive source for the DEF CON 27 The Skull Badge, steampunk-recon theme, skull-shaped PCB, LED eye, and CREW variant.
Primary official badge archive source for the DEF CON 30 The Radar Badge, global-surveillance theme, circular radar design, world-map overlay, and coordinate/compass markings.
Primary official badge archive source for the DEF CON 31 The Spy Silhouette badge, die-cut shape, LED illumination, speaker badge variant, and custom lanyard.
Primary official badge archive source for the DEF CON 32 The Recon Soldier badge, tactical-recon theme, multi-layer PCB construction, red and blue LED eyes, and 3D assembled design.
Primary official badge archive source for the DEF CON 33 The Cyber Owl badge, Cyber Vigilance theme, cyberpunk owl design, glowing pink LED eyes, detailed mechanical artwork, and metallic blue-gray finish.
Technical source for Raspberry Pi Pico-driven badge behavior, synthesizer, screen, speaker, BOOTSEL/picotool workflow, and OFRAK firmware modification.
First-hand technical source for the ESP32 badge design, LEDs, LED driver, buzzer, accelerometer, capacitive touch, Wi-Fi/IRC/serial behavior, GPIO0/DTR production fix, and schematic/board/driver development role.
First-hand badge-team source for the Contra theme, laser-tag function, enclosure and lens design, injection-molding decisions, Xometry production path, and physical-layout evidence.