I don't think so. Defcon people bring scary electronics like laptops,exposed circuit boards, and pelican cases of gear.
Besides the people running audio at Nashville, the most scary electronics I saw was a guy with grapheneOS installed on a pixel.
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There's so many conferences in October! Bah! This one looks dope though.
I made the mistake once of thinking bitcoin conferences were obviously going to be technical. I've learned to change my expectations.