In hacking circles, this is kind of a big deal to get one of these. It gives you a lifetime free admission to any future DefCon conferences and you're entered into a Black Badge HOF and plenty of bragging rights.
The first link is a great read. The amount of work required to earn one of these is amazing. Well earned and certainly deserving of the amount of respect awarded by the community.
Here's some blog posts about people who've run the gauntlet:
http://potatohatsecurity.tumblr.com/post/126411303994/defcon...
http://elegin.com/dc21/
https://1o57.wikispaces.com/DC20+Badge+Contest
In hacking circles, this is kind of a big deal to get one of these. It gives you a lifetime free admission to any future DefCon conferences and you're entered into a Black Badge HOF and plenty of bragging rights.
https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-black-badge.html