pre-event availability and edition record
The maker's product page says only 100 badges are planned at $75 each. Its public Shopify payload currently marks the single variant unavailable, but emits no inventory quantity. This records a stated limited-run plan and time-sensitive unavailable state, not proof that all 100 units exist, sold, shipped, or reached buyers.
Compatibility: Whose Slide Is It Anyway? 10 Year Anniversary Badge
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pre-event availability and revision statement
The roster gives MF Doom SAO v2 a $20 Coming soon entry, while the maker's Reddit thread says preorders will be handled by direct message and describes local handoff near the Las Vegas Convention Center. The public statements do not prove final stock, price, manufacture, payment, venue authorization, exact meeting point, pickup, shipment, refund, replacement, support, recipient allocation, or completed delivery.
Compatibility: MF Doom SAO v2 (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event badge teaser
DEF CON's official badge-alert post says DEF CON 34 is an electronic badge year, that the badge comes from a hardware hacking legend, and that the SAO spec sheet is early support for add-on projects.
Compatibility: DEF CON 34 Badge
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pre-event distribution
The organizer says orders are currently DEF CON 34 pickup at Demo Labs from 10 AM to noon on Friday and Saturday, online orders only with no onsite sales. It says unclaimed orders will be donated to a broke hacker; neither source confirms completed pickup or recipient outcomes.
Compatibility: EFF "Electric Fist" BadgeLife (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event fulfillment
The listing says pickup only, no shipping, with drops at BadgeLife Village and announced LVCC locations on a published schedule; it says missed drops are donated to a hacker at closing ceremonies. At the August 3 source pass, the listing displayed 80 sold and zero remaining.
Compatibility: Spectre Sniffer Badge (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event fulfillment
At the August 3 source pass, the $150 product is marked PRE with 5 sold and 95 remaining. Its drop options are DC34 Reddit Meetup Wednesday, DC34 Reddit Meetup Thursday, DEF CON 34 BadgeLife 1, and DEF CON 34 BadgeLife 2; no shipping option or location/date detail is present in the reviewed product payload.
Compatibility: Celestial Wayfinder Badge (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event fundraiser and fulfillment
BTV lists a $120 assembled badge with lanyard and a $60 intermediate-to-advanced soldering kit, for in-person pickup only during DEF CON in Las Vegas. The listing directs buyers to the West Hall second-floor W213-215 Infobooth during Friday-Sunday village hours and says no refunds after August 10; these terms do not establish completed handoff or fulfillment.
Compatibility: BTV Camera Badge (DEF CON 34 Fundraiser)
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pre-event maker and self-submission availability record
BigFuckingBadge's page presents a limited DEF CON 34 presale and an unlabeled $20 OffensiveSAO card, while the public Badgelife response names that artifact DFIU SAO and likewise gives $20. These published statements do not prove current inventory, payment, final price, manufacturing completion, shipment, pickup, event sale, refund, replacement, support, recipient allocation, or a completed handoff.
Compatibility: DFIU SAO (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event maker and self-submission availability record
The BigFuckingBadge page supplies a limited DEF CON 34 presale setting and an unlabeled $20 OffensiveSAO card, while the public Badgelife response names IFLFU SAO as an update to an existing item and gives $20. Those source statements do not prove current inventory, payment, final price, manufacture, shipment, pickup, event sale, recipient allocation, refund, replacement, support, or a completed handoff.
Compatibility: IFLFU SAO (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event maker and self-submission availability record
BigFuckingBadge's page provides a limited DEF CON 34 presale context and a $20 Portal-gun companion card, while the public Badgelife response names the new PORTAL gun SAO and likewise gives $20. These statements do not prove inventory, payment, final price, completed manufacture, shipment, pickup, event sale, recipient allocation, refund, replacement, support, or a completed handoff.
Compatibility: Portal Gun SAO (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event maker availability and acquisition statement
The K Badges Tindie page displays a $29.99 price and an out-of-stock state, says a new order is coming, and says the maker hopes to bring some to DEF CON. The maker's Reddit post separately offers to arrange pickup/refund shipping for buyers. Neither source proves inventory, production completion, payment acceptance, arrival, pickup scheduling, handoff, shipping, refund, support, or delivery.
Compatibility: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event marketplace availability record
The official v1 product page displayed $12 and available in this August 4, 2026 pass, and says buyers should select DC pickup only when planning DEFCON pickup on August 6-8. These statements do not establish inventory count, paid order count, manufacture, pickup email/location/time, completed handoff, shipment, refund, replacement, support, or post-event availability.
Compatibility: Day of the Dead Turkey v1 (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event marketplace availability record
The official v2 product page displayed $12 and available in this August 4, 2026 pass, and says buyers should select DC pickup only when planning DEFCON pickup on August 6-8. These statements do not establish inventory count, paid order count, manufacture, pickup email/location/time, completed handoff, shipment, refund, replacement, support, or post-event availability.
Compatibility: Day of the Dead Turkey v2 (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event marketplace availability record
The official product page showed $45 and sold out in this August 4, 2026 pass, and says buyers should select DC pickup only when planning DEFCON pickup on August 6-8. These statements do not establish inventory history, payment, manufacture, drop location/time, email notice, completed pickup, shipment, refund, replacement, or support outcome.
Compatibility: Beelzebub Minibadge Holder (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event marketplace availability record
The official product page showed $45 and sold out in this August 4, 2026 pass, and says buyers should select DC pickup only when planning DEFCON pickup on August 6-8. These statements do not establish inventory history, payment, manufacture, drop location/time, email notice, completed pickup, shipment, refund, replacement, or support outcome.
Compatibility: Krampus Minibadge Holder (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event product and availability
The official product page lists the FloridaMan 2026 Badge at $90 and currently marks it out of stock; its short product context says it is no longer shipping and directs attendees toward DEF CON. This is a listing-status snapshot, not proof of order volume, sale completion, shipped goods, pickup, refund terms, remaining inventory, or an eventual handoff.
Compatibility: FloridaMan 2026 Badge
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pre-event production and remedy plan
The listing says v1.0 boards were ordered and that if v0.1 issues remain or later problems cannot be resolved before DEF CON, buyers could receive a full refund or have their SAO shipped after the event. This is a contingency statement, not evidence that any issue was resolved, a final revision shipped, a refund occurred, or a delivery obligation was completed.
Compatibility: Volatile Organic Canary SAO (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event production planning
The organizer says it is locking in print deadlines, badge runs, and village build-outs starting in summer. The statement establishes pre-event production planning without identifying a design, material, vendor, quantity, schedule, final build, quality check, completion, or delivery outcome.
Compatibility: BSides Peoria 2026 planned conference badge only; final form and recipient scope unverified
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pre-event production-status update
The organizer account said its package had been received and badges were secured before the public reveal. It does not provide a manufacturer, quantity, final inspection result, unit configuration, distribution plan, or evidence that any attendee has received a badge.
Compatibility: Pre-event Telecom Village DEF CON 34 context only; not a completed handoff or field-use record.
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pre-event public firmware-development source
A December 13 SEAL-Embedded snapshot frames a Raspberry Pi Pico W BLE interest-matching project as an IEEE Rising Stars Conference badge and includes `aioble` advertising/scanning code. A later repository README describes an ESP32 redesign, not an event-unit release.
Compatibility: Development-source context only. The official Badge Project page neither links this repository nor assigns its Pico W or ESP32 branches to the five advanced prototypes, any bare attendee PCB, or a completed event deployment.
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pre-event revision and remedy plan
The maker says v1.1 boards were ordered and lists CH340E decoupling, power-select, UPDI-select, GPIO, CR2032-holder, and FPC-fuse corrections from v0.1. It says unresolved prototype issues or later pre-event problems could lead to a full refund or shipment after DEF CON. These are maker-described plans, not proof of final validation, shipped v1.1 units, correction outcome, refund, or delivery.
Compatibility: UPDeeDeeI SAO (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event schedule context
The official party page schedules FloridaMan Party 2026 for Thursday, August 6, 2026 from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM PT in Las Vegas, Nevada, and says the location is provided upon purchase. The page does not establish a final venue, pickup/entry process, actual attendance, or a completed party outcome.
Compatibility: FloridaMan 2026 Badge
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pre-event self-submitted event association
DC801 + 801 Labs' public Badgelife response labels Helgatchi as a new badge for DEF CON 34 and supplies approximate pricing and feature wording. It is a visible maker/team submission, not a DEF CON organizer issuance, venue authorization, registration inclusion, Human-badge replacement, access entitlement, or completed distribution record.
Compatibility: Helgatchi Badge (DEF CON 34)
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pre-event sponsor-placement statement
The official 2026 prospectus includes Logo on Badge in its sponsorship matrix. It does not publish the final logo placement, graphic treatment, sponsor selection, badge artwork, medium, technical configuration, audience, number of units, or proof that any branded badge was ultimately produced.
Compatibility: BSides Peoria 2026 sponsorship-planning context only
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pre-event ticket tier
The current organizer-linked ticket page says the Champion tier includes an electronic badge for Ekoparty Buenos Aires 2026.
Compatibility: Ekoparty 2026 Champion Electronic Badge
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pre-event village artifact reveal
Telecom Village's official organizer account announced an all-new Telecom Village badge and lanyard for DEF CON 34. The reveal does not identify the badge's material, hardware, artwork rights, recipient group, or collection procedure.
Compatibility: Telecom Village DEF CON 34 Badge; accompanying lanyard is source-named, but no physical or technical compatibility specification is published.
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pre-event volunteer identity-artifact statement
The organizer lists Adversary Village badges with a volunteer T-shirt or hoodie, goodie bag, recommendation letter, and networking opportunity. It says only a limited number of volunteers will be selected. The source does not say whether every selected volunteer receives a physical item, how an item is issued or retained, what it identifies, or whether any current applicant was selected.
Compatibility: Adversary Village DEF CON 34 volunteer programme only; not a general attendee entitlement or a DEF CON admission credential
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pre-event volunteer identity/access statement
Payment Village says volunteers will receive conference access through a village badge, alongside a village T-shirt and learning opportunities. The source does not say whether all applicants are accepted, whether every volunteer receives a physical item, how access works, when or where a badge is issued, or whether it is retained after the event.
Compatibility: Payment Village DEF CON 34 volunteer programme only; not a general attendee entitlement or a statement about another Payment Village badge project
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print/design workflow
The badge how-to records a hidden pattern concept in the printed design and preserves print-production details for A7 landscape badges.
Compatibility: GPN23 Identity Badge
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printable display hexpansion
Iain Yarnall's 7-Segment display model is a printable visual add-on in the official showcase, showing the hardware record also needs printables and non-PCB artifact links.
Compatibility: Tildagon / EMF 2024+ hexpansion connector
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printable mechanical hexpansion
Floppy's Interlocking Brick Hexpansions provide stud-compatible plates in multiple sizes, including versions that account for USB-C clearance.
Compatibility: Tildagon / EMF 2024+ hexpansion connector
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printed identity artifact
The official sponsorship table lists Platinum sponsor logo placement on badges and merchandise, supporting a conservative conference-badge artifact record.
Compatibility: BSides Reykjavik 2026 Conference Badge
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printed puzzle surface
The 2021 walkthrough says the badge challenge started from text printed on the back of the Kākācon sticker.
Compatibility: Kākācon 2021 Sticker Badge Challenge
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printed puzzle surface
The 2022 walkthrough says the second Kākācon badge challenge again started from text printed on the back of the sticker.
Compatibility: Kākācon 2022 Sticker Badge Challenge
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privacy/control feature
Each badge transmitted a random 9-bit ID about five times a second, showed the ID on LEDs A-I at power-up or with the ID button, and allowed users to clear the ID by holding Erase.
Compatibility: SiNE / EMW2013
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production and delivery
The post-event account describes programming, flashing, testing, cross-continent transport, and on-time delivery after tight deadlines and logistical challenges.
Compatibility: BSides Kristiansand 2026 Shield Badge
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production and firmware lifecycle
The maker reports an early coin-cell brownout issue and says more than 200 already programmed badges were reprogrammed before distribution to improve battery life. This records a bounded field-repair history, not a released firmware, recipe, full validation result, or proof of universal final-unit parity.
Compatibility: Greycademy 2026 Hackbadge
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production and sponsor context
Great Scott Gadgets credits OSH Park sponsorship and the repository preserves the badge hardware designs and kit photo trail.
Compatibility: ToorCamp 2018 Badge
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production batch
Badge Pirates documents a batch of 250 fully electronic badges built around ESP32 boards with touch screens, Wi-Fi, and SD card slots.
Compatibility: BSidesKC 2025 Badge
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production constraint
The tariff writeup records customs scrutiny, opened packaging, delayed delivery, and roughly a 20 percent tariff hit on the production order.
Compatibility: BSidesKC 2025 Badge manufacturing
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production lifecycle
The public HackerHotel Badge talk captures the badge-team process, challenge integration, and lessons learned as part of the badge's post-event record.
Compatibility: HackerHotel 2025 Badge
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production lifecycle
The attendee report quotes Penten crediting volunteers, global parts-shortage effort, GME and 4Design support, and Sydney manufacture for delivering the badge to the community.
Compatibility: BSides Canberra 2021 SAMD/ESP32 E-paper Badge
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production note
The Army article says Capt. Richard Shmel personally developed and made more than 300 electronic badges for AvengerCon VIII.
Compatibility: AvengerCon VIII 8-8-8 Badge
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production recovery
A late GPIO0 buffer design caused battery-powered badges to enter Download boot mode until the team fixed DTR with an R19 pull-up resistor before conference shipment.
Compatibility: THOTCON 0xB Badge
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production recovery
An attendee report says factory firmware left LEDs blindingly bright, requiring all badges to be reflashed just before the conference.
Compatibility: ShmooCon 2018 WiFi Rocket Badge
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production story
The talk title and abstract preserve local production lore around how the idea evolved and what problems occurred while creating the badges.
Compatibility: Nullcon Goa 2014 Hardware Badge
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production story
The production story documents planned mesh networking and audio streaming, with final event success framed around a room-scale mesh LED demo rather than complete audio broadcast behavior.
Compatibility: ARAMCON 2019 Badge
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production tooling
Mog noticed the exposed pad spacing lined up well enough with DB9/DE9 connector pins, leading to a pogo-pin cable and CC Debugger flashing workflow.
Compatibility: PhreakNIC 26 Electronic Shelf Label Badge
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