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</script><p>This year’s Challenge Series drops you inside a simulated reality built to distract, delight, and deceive. Choose the red pill and confront a world where machines harvest human bioelectric energy while the rebellion fights to free the minds still trapped. Along the way, you’ll battle programs and out-hack Agents for your shot at becoming… <strong>The One</strong>.</p>https://codepros.org/events/gophercon-2024-challenge-series/Dial Up the Nostalgia at GopherCon 20242024-08-10T00:00:00Z2024-08-10T00:00:00Z<p><picture>
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In celebration of GopherCon’s 10th anniversary, this year’s Challenge Series theme is <strong>“Dial Up the Nostalgia”</strong>—a throwback to the transformative 1980s and early 1990s, when TCP/IP took hold and the internet surged into millions of homes. Our challenges channel the spirit of <strong>WarGames</strong>, <strong>Labyrinth</strong>, and arcade classics like <strong>Joust</strong>, mixed with pop culture gems like <strong>Strawberry Shortcake</strong> and <strong>Rainbow Brite</strong>.</p>https://codepros.org/events/gophercon-2023-capture-the-flag/Go Capture the Flag, One Byte at a Time!2023-08-10T00:00:00Z2023-08-10T00:00:00Z<div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;">
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<p>We’re excited to sponsor and moderate the inaugural Capture the Flag (CTF)
challenge at GopherCon 2023. Thoughtfully curated for Go engineers of every
expertise, the event promises a merger of multifarious security domains and
one-of-a-kind engineering and security challenges — all centered around Go!</p>
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A Capture the Flag (CTF) event is a competitive challenge in the field of cybersecurity where participants solve various security-related puzzles to obtain flags, which are typically digital tokens. Much like a high-tech scavenger hunt, participants search for these flags by navigating a series of technical challenges, such as breaking into computer systems, deciphering encrypted messages, or exploiting vulnerabilities in software. The goal is to find and "capture" as many flags as possible, often within a set timeframe, to earn points and outscore opponents.
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<p>Our battlefield covers a broad spectrum:</p>