If you follow DEF CON news at all, you’ll know that there’s been some kind of issue with the badges. But don’t worry, DEF CON will have badges, but so will the community!
What do I mean by this? Well, badge hacking has long been a DEF CON tradition,
but in the past few years, we’ve seen more and more unofficial badges appearing
at DEF CON. This year seems to be a massive upswing, and while I’m sure some of
that was in progress before the badge announcement, I believe at least some of
it is the community response to the DEF CON badge issue. (Edit:
All of the listed badges were apparently in the works before the DEF CON
announcement. Thanks to @wbm312 for setting me
straight.)
I’ve tried to collect information about all the unofficial badges I can find, but I’d imagine there are many more that I haven’t heard about, or whose creator just isn’t talking about it. I know for a fact at least one such private badge exists!
Know of another badge? Ping me on Twitter (@Matir) and I’ll update. Sorry I have so many unknowns, but lots of the badges are keeping quiet!
Available for Sale
This includes badges that were available for sale at some point, even if now sold out. Basically, if at any point you could exchange cash, credit, bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, gold ingots, or any other form of value for the badge, I’m putting it here. (I’d call it “commercial”, but most of these are a labor of love and the money just helps the creator not go broke with their labors.)
AND!XOR DEF CON 25 Indie Badge
- Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyr0n/andxor-defcon-25-indie-badge
- Features: NRF52 (Bluetooth LE), RGB Neopixels, Color Screen
- Availability: Limited at-Con.
- Price: Unknown, was $120 in Kickstarter.
2017 WiFi Badge
- Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/666360536/2017-wifi-badge
- Features: OLED screen, WiFi (ESP8266), LEDs
- Availability: Kickstarter Only?
- Price: $45
Mr Robot Badge
- Link: https://twitter.com/mrrobotbadge
- Features: Charlieplexed LEDs, Color Silkscreen, ESP 8266
- Availability: On-site
- Price: Unknown
Puffy
- Link: https://shiftj.is/post/puffy/
- Features: Linux SoC, WiFi
- Availability: Limited
- Price: $40
The Ides of DEF CON
- Link: https://dc25spqr.com/
- Features: Sub-1GHz Radio, Blinky Lights, Sound, LED Screen
- Availability: Sold Out, Kickstarter Only, Open Source
- Price: $120
Queercon 14 Badge
- Link: https://queercon.org/badge/qc14-badge/
- Features: Unknown?
- Availability: Waitlist
- Price: Unknown (Donation Reward)
Beyond Binaries Badge
- Link: https://twitter.com/emilyincarnate/status/879909577524903938
- Features: LEDs, unknown?
- Availability: Unknown
- Price: Unknown
DEF CON Furs
- Link: https://twitter.com/DCFurs/status/883161195036921856
- Features: Unknown
- Availability: Pre-order sold out
- Price: Unknown
DEF CON Darknet
- Link: https://dcdark.net
- Features: Unknown
- Availability: At-con
- Price: Unknown
DC 801
- Link: https://www.dc801.org/party2017/
- Features: Access to DC801 Party, Unknown
- Availability: Sold out
- Price: Unknown
Cryptovillage
- Link: https://twitter.com/CryptoVillage/status/872129337100652548
- Features: Unknown
- Availability: Crypto & Privacy Village
- Price: Unknown
Hacker Warehouse
- Link: http://hackerwarehouse.com/product/hacker-warehouse-electronic-badge/
- Features: Blinkenlights, Unknown
- Availability: Pre-order sold out, maybe some at con?
- Price: Unknown
NulliBadge
- Link: http://nu.llify.com
- Features: LEDs, IR Tag, Open Source
- Availability: Onsite, limited pre-reg
- Price: $60
Private Projects/Little Detail
@noidd
- Link: https://twitter.com/noidd/status/882822129758162946
- Motive: “just for fun”
- Features: WiFi, LoRa, QWERTY Keyboard, 2 OLED Displays, 9 CPUs!
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Availability: Private
- @sec_kc badge: https://twitter.com/carlfugate/status/874780885295517696
- @Borgel has something in the works: https://twitter.com/Borgel/status/877909584400089089
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