May Contain Hackers, abbreviated MCH2022, was a nonprofit outdoor

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and festival in

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. It is part of the quadrennial hacker camps that started in 1989 with the

Galactic Hacker Party Galactic Hacker Party (1989) The Galactic Hacker Party was a hacker con that was held in Paradiso in the Netherlands from August 2, 1989 to August 4, 1989 Visitors were people with an interest in technology (mainly computers) and the - at that ti ...

in Amsterdam. This conference was part of a sequence that began with the

in 1989, followed by

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in 1993,

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in 1997,

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in 2001,

What the Hack What The Hack was an outdoor hacker conference held in Liempde, Netherlands between the 28th and 31st of July, 2005. Timeline What the Hack was an event in a sequence that began with the Galactic Hacker Party in 1989, followed by Hacking at the ...

in 2005,

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in 2009,

Observe. Hack. Make. Observe. Hack. Make. also known as OHM, was an outdoor hacker conference that took place in the Netherlands from July 31 to August 4, 2013. This conference was part of a sequence that began with the Galactic Hacker Party in 1989, followed by Ha ...

in 2013, and

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in 2017. The camp took place from 22 to 26 July on a

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terrain in

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. At least 3219 hackers and technology minded people from 50 countries participated in workshops and discussions. During the camp, lectures and workshops were held in conference tents, with notable speakers being

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and the Dutch Government's Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

Activities

The conference had 233 sessions from 179 speakers, 144 talks, 61 workshops, 27 music performances, and movie watching sessions. All scheduled talks were live-streamed and recorded, and published online at the streaming Portal of the

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, a
media.ccc.de/c/MCH2022

Infrastructure

Participants had

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through Datenklos (new

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s with

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). A network of 130

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s provided high-speed network covering the entire camp, with both Public, Encrypted, Spacenet and

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service. The camp also featured a local

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phone network, with optional SIP service SIP for app-based calling from modern devices like Android, iPhone, and laptops. Also found on all fields of the camp are the field phones that could be used by those without a DECT or smartphone.

Volunteering

The camp operated an extensive network of volunteering by participants (also called "Angels", using the shift-planning system "Engelsystem", developed by the German computer club

. Volunteers were rewarded with free meals for every two hours worked, with 946 volunteers spending a total of 6921 hours (or 41.2 weeks) in the span of 5 days. Besides all the registered angel hours, many additional volunteers helped with buildup and tear-down.

References

External links

Official website
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