Black Hat USA 2026 | Registration
Official registration source for event access and pass context used to frame the DEF CON badge-marking workflow.
Evidence index
Primary docs, public wikis, repositories, talks, press writeups, and first-hand notes used to support badge pages.
Official registration source for event access and pass context used to frame the DEF CON badge-marking workflow.
Official registration-terms source documenting attendee policy and conditions for Black Hat USA 2026.
Official attendee-guide source for logistics, welcome timing, and pickup planning context. It is retained as operational context and does not establish physical badge specification, completion of handoff, or manufacturer-level details.
Official 2025 impact summary source for BIC Village volunteer/team-lead/event-lead counts and the statement that badges and merchandise sold out to raise funds for future programming.
Primary official badge source proving the BIC Pick name, Afro-pick shape, red/green/gold color framing, five-year-anniversary statement, volunteer/leader/supporter wearer context, and DEF CON 33 on-site purchase/trade language.
Official village source for Blacks In Cybersecurity Village event context and continuity around DEF CON village programming.
Primary historical village source identifying the BTV Camera Badge within DEF CON 32 context and linking the Camera Badge documentation/purchase trail. It does not prove a separately engineered 2026 version.
Primary MIT-licensed technical archive whose README calls the project a DEF CON 32 indie badge and supplies code, art, CAD, KiCad, Gerbers, parts/assembly documentation, Arduino build/upload guidance, and the reviewed Wi-Fi/BLE source behavior. It does not establish a final 2026 production configuration or cleared image asset by itself.
Primary organizer-published source for the August 7-9, 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center pickup fundraiser, 501(c)(3) purpose, $120 assembled / $60 kit tiers, current kit list, maker-described camera-lens display behavior, pickup/refund terms, named credits, and no reusable image permission.
Primary commit-pinned firmware source for the `smao-dc34-rak4631.uf2` artefact, 2.8.0.c800fc8 version note, upstream Meshtastic branch relationship, configuration delta, and per-unit provisioning boundary. It does not prove an installed image on every offered or collected unit.
Primary commit-pinned hardware documentation for the 41.00 by 33.00 mm four-layer board, RAK4630/nRF52840/SX1262, chip antennas, SAO/USB-C power, SWD, and production-file structure. It is maker documentation, not independent engineering verification.
Primary maker-controlled, commit-pinned source for the Darknet SMAO DEF CON 34 identity, v1.4 KiCad/production tree, component and board statements, UF2/build/provisioning material, NanoVNA tuning data, and declared MIT terms. The source makes a detailed design trail reviewable but does not independently prove physical fulfillment, exact unit parity, compliance, RF performance, host compatibility, or DEF CON organizer status.
Primary maker marketplace source for the named SMAO, $55 / 125-total pre-sale payload with observed 125 sold and zero remaining, pickup-only terms, nRF52840/RAK4630/SX1262/chip-antenna claims, power/design claims, Meshtastic/BLE/reflash claims, initial configuration wording, and source-listed bag contents. It does not prove completed manufacture, payment, pickup, delivery, independent technical validation, license, or image reuse permission.
Official event source for the July 15-22, 2026 dates and Funen venue context.
Official team-list source naming the Badge Team role for designing and producing the badge.
Assembly instructions, hardware design, hacking notes, images, and CC BY-SA license.
Firmware, hardware branch, online development path, examples, and bootloader programming notes.
Firmware, hardware branch, nRF51 programmer path, restore binaries, and breakout-board branch.
Firmware source, hardware branch, display, MicroSD, IR, menu examples, and build instructions.
Hardware branch README covering SAMD21, CircuitPython, LED matrix, IR, buttons, SAO, and exposed pads.
DIY electronics badge README covering SAO, Qwiic/STEMMA QT, KiCad design, and CC BY-SA license.
NFC reader/tag badge README covering RP2040, PN7150, NTAG I2C Plus, CircuitPython, and licensing.
POV badge hardware README with firmware, flasher, Rust examples, workshop firmware, and case branch.
Circle LoRa badge README covering ESP32-C3, Meshtastic, external antenna, RGB LEDs, Qwiic/STEMMA QT, SAO, case, and licensing.
Organizer ticketing source for the closed-sale event and the opening Badge Intro. It does not describe final badge material or technology.
Public attendee-profile activity reporting a personal Wi-Fi-analyzer build at BSidesGVL. This corroborates a completed hands-on outcome, but no direct activity permalink, analyzer specification, badge serial, source release, or universal-attendee conclusion was recovered.
Primary live maker listing for the Agency Wand name, source-named 000000widow/Brooke's Bytes maker context, $60 / 19-remaining / 11-sold snapshot, PRE/DROP status, August 7 BadgeLife Village drop, ATtiny1616, LED, button, CR2032, UART, and TrueControl-partnership claims. It does not prove final stock, payment, manufacture, handoff, safety, firmware parity, DEF CON issuance, admission use, or reusable-image permission.
Primary live maker listing for the Badge Crown SAO name, source-named 000000widow/Brooke's Bytes maker context, $10 / 10-remaining / 20-sold snapshot, PRE/DROP status, August 7 BadgeLife Village drop, fully assembled state, and stated LED/resistor/SAO surface. It does not establish final stock, payment, manufacture, handoff, electrical behavior, host fit, DEF CON issuance, admission use, or reusable-image permission.
Primary live maker listing for Hacker Boba, source-named 000000widow/Brooke's Bytes maker context, $10 / 17-remaining / 33-sold snapshot, PRE/DROP status, August 7 BadgeLife Village drop, PCB/keychain/switch/CR2032/LED kit contents, no-MCU/firmware wording, QR-search statement, and coin-cell caution. It does not prove final stock, payment, manufacture, safe assembly, handoff, electrical behavior, DEF CON issuance, admission use, or reusable-image permission.
Primary source for badge utility, alcohol sensor, soldering lore, and credit.
Secondary first-hand attendee source for the badge's existence at the 15th-anniversary event, the artwork, LED colours, button, coin-cell power, RECHARGE port, the challenge flow and answer, the designer's FTDI warning a week before the con, and the designer credit to Dave Schwartzberg of Hak4Kidz. It does not describe how many badges were made or how they were handed out.
Primary event source for the BUG HUNT 2026 venue, ticket presentation, sold-out Access Pro package, and Unique access Badge embracing #BadgeLife wording. The live page does not establish a technical badge design, a recipient roster, completed payment, physical issue, or reusable-image permission.
Primary badge source proving the BBV Badge 2025 page, four buttons with corresponding LEDs, four sponsor challenge legs, binary flag entry, all-LED reward flow, hardware-hacking acknowledgement, and volunteer reward handoff.
Primary CTF context source for the CTF.ae challenge leg, Friday August 8 through Sunday August 10, 2025 timing, remote and onsite participation, and room W326 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Official village site source for Bug Bounty Village, DEF CON 33 navigation, and Las Vegas Convention Center continuity context.
Official current event-site source for 2025 event identity, ticketing, Fronton Bucareli venue-map context, and participation-certificate flow.
Primary source for Mexico City event context, long-running BugCON background, and technical security-conference framing.
Official CFP source for November 20-21, 2025 dates, Mexico City location, villages, technical security-conference framing, and long-running BugCON community context.
Primary organizer source identifying the 2025 electronic badge and linking both its programming bundle and public firmware information.
Primary archived event source for the May 26 conference schedule context.
Primary archived event source for the May 25 workshop-day context.
Official event source for the fifth C1B3RTR4CKS edition, May 29, 2026 date, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid venue, and Madrid cybersecurity-community context.
Project-owner hardware source for the 2019 Pixels Camp PCB badge, ESP32, 39x9 LED matrix, IS31FL3741 driver, USB/LiPo power, CH340G serial, schematics, Gerbers, and board structure.
Public design-file source confirming the PCB ESP32 folders and hardware-design archive structure.
Source context for the Chaos Communication Camp lineage.
Source context for the Chaos Communication Camp lineage.
Primary context for the public tracking-data afterlife.
Post-camp lifecycle source for improved mesh, l0dables, RGB flame m0dules, additional r0kets, and r0ketlauncher hacking.
Primary hardware and cultural framing.
CCC context source for the cancelled large year-end event, the decentralized HiP Berlin gathering, ETI/c-base location, and chaos-community framing.