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NEW 'Off The Hook' ONLINE Posted 20 Aug, 2026 2:40:20 UTC The new edition of Off The Hook from 08/19/2026 has been archived and is now available online. Post HOPE show, the panel reminisces about their favorite moments of the con, music from the conference, YouTube takes down conference streams, march to the old Hotel Penn site, moderating panels, interacting with people on the street, Renoly…
NEW 'Off The Wall' ONLINE Posted 19 Aug, 2026 0:16:43 UTC The new edition of Off The Wall from 08/18/2026 has been archived and is now available online. "Off The Wall" - 08/18/2026 Download the torrent here
We have only several dozen tickets to HOPE 26 left. These will be available until 9 pm EDT Monday (today). Assuming they get sold, we will NOT have any tickets available at the door. Tickets are transferable so if you want to get them without using any identifiable information, we suggest working with someone who can buy on your behalf and then transfer the ticket info to you. The link for this…
We've had a surge of ticket sales and we're further along than we expected. We want to avoid overcrowding at the venue which is why we've set a strict limit to the amount of tickets we're selling. There are now less than 150 tickets left. Once we reach that number, ticket sales will be closed down. We will NOT be selling tickets at the door unless we don't sell out by Monday. If that happens,…
HOPE 26 begins one week from today! You will be receiving your tickets via email over the next few days. This applies to both in-person and digital tickets. If you're a presenter, you will be on the presenter list at registration. Ticket sales will be shutting down on Monday. So if you want to be a part of HOPE this year, we suggest visiting our ticket department for in-person or this link for…
HOPE 26 is a little over two weeks away! The New Yorker Hotel has extended the period of time where the discounted room rate can be obtained. You now have until this coming Friday, July 31st. We strongly suggest you take advantage of this special rate in the middle of midtown Manhattan so you can be in the middle of all the action during HOPE (August 14-16). The link is here . (If you see…
Thirty-one years ago, a film that we all still talk about was introduced to the world. Some love it, some hate it, but it's definitely had an impact on the hacker community over the years. Renoly Santiago played Phantom Phreak, the highly expressive, charismatic "King of NYNEX" who wore stylishly eccentric clothes and brought an energetic, theatrical flair to the underground hacker scene. Renoly…
NOTE: Applications for this program are now closed. Recipients will be notified in the first week of August. Once again, we are offering a pathway to free HOPE admission this year for those in need. If you're interested in opening the door for a student to attend HOPE in August, you now have the opportunity to do just that. Last year was the first time we did this and it was a tremendous success.…
The Summer 2026 issue of 2600 is now out! You can get the new issue in both PDF and EPUB formats without any copy restrictions when you get a digital subscription here . If you just want this one issue, just visit this link . The PDF version will work on virtually any computer, tablet, or phone and the EPUB version will work on ereaders like Kindles, Nooks, and Kobos - all without copy restriction…
We are really looking forward to HOPE 26 this August. We've gotten more speaker and workshop submissions than ever, we're hearing from people who haven't attended HOPE in decades, and we think we've really found the perfect spot, right in the middle of Manhattan. But there's a problem. For whatever reason, we're several hundred ticket sales below where we need to be to make HOPE possible. There…