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Top-50 CTF free-badge redemption statement
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CTF-linked acquisition route
The Puzzled Hackers Team says the top 50 participants had Free Badge Redemption attached to their CTF accounts before its final puzzle announcement. It does not publish the leaderboard, account criteria, rank calculation, redemption count, code-delivery mechanics, challenge archive, score review, anti-abuse process, or proof that every eligible participant collected a physical badge.
- Badge
- Puzzled Hackers LED Badge (DEF CON 34)
- Type
- CTF-linked acquisition route
- Status
- team-announced pre-event eligibility
- Compatibility
- Puzzled Hackers LED Badge (DEF CON 34)
- Source
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1vabhd6/rdefcon_meetup_post_4_final_badges_and_information/
Badge context
Related Resources
Puzzled Hackers Team community announcement
Contemporaneous announcement signed by the Puzzled Hackers Team. It corroborates the CTF-account free-redemption route, top-50 eligibility statement, capped paid allocation, post-cap giveaway intent, meetup/QR handoff terms, free badge-optional meetup model, location, dates, and the statement that an actual DEF CON badge is not needed for the Wednesday gathering. Reddit media is not a reusable image grant.
Badge: Puzzled Hackers LED Badge (DEF CON 34)
official team CTF checkout page
Puzzled Hackers' own CTF checkout page naming a limited-edition LED badge for DEF CON 34, its $20 including-tax listing, August 5/6 Linq pickup labels, no-shipping requirement, receipt/offline QR claim flow, and sold-out online allocation state. Its badge photo has no stated reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Badge: Puzzled Hackers LED Badge (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
Puzzled Hackers CTF · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary Puzzled Hackers checkout source for the limited-edition LED badge title, $20 including-tax amount, in-person Linq 3535 / Circle Bar pickup dates and time, no-shipping rule, receipt/offline QR claim wording, and exhausted online allocation. It does not identify any electronics, material, quantity, production outcome, free-claim rules, delivery outcome, reusable-image license, or DEF CON affiliation.
Badge: Puzzled Hackers LED Badge (DEF CON 34)
Puzzled Hackers Team · retrieved 2026-05-15
First-hand Puzzled Hackers Team announcement for the CTF-linked top-50 free-redemption statement, capped break-even sales, random giveaway intent after the cap, meetup-only/arranged handoff wording, QR claim context, free meetup, badge-optional attendance, and its own DEF CON boundary statement. It is corroborating community-event context, not a hardware or firmware archive or image-reuse license.
Badge: Puzzled Hackers LED Badge (DEF CON 34)