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BSides Seattle 2026 · United States · 2026

BSides Seattle 2026 Patron Special Badge

Patron-benefit conference identity artifact; handoff unverified

BSides Seattle's official 2026 ticket page lists a Special badge at the event among the additional benefits of being a 2026 patron. The organizer's conference page places the event at Building 92 in Redmond on February 27-28, but the source does not identify the artifact's material, artwork, barcode/QR/RFID/NFC/electronic form, exact patron-tier allocation, or actual pickup/delivery.

BSides Seattle United States Redmond Patron Badge Identity Artifact Ticket Tier Cybersecurity Conference 2026 North America
EventBSides Seattle 2026
SeriesBSides Seattle
LocationBuilding 92, 15010 NE 36th St, Redmond, Washington 98052, United States
CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

2026 event and ticket-page publisher

BSides Seattle

The organizer publishes the reviewed 2026 conference and ticket page used to establish the patron Special badge benefit. This source-attribution credit does not assign badge design, manufacture, technical authorship, allocation, fulfillment, or image-rights authority.

Source

Why It Mattered

It gives the Washington State conference a conservative source-backed patron badge record while preserving the distinction between a named, past-date ticket benefit and evidence that any individual received it. The record does not elevate a marketing benefit into an electronic badge or a completed fulfillment claim.

Hardware

No reviewed official source identifies paper, plastic, metal, a lanyard, dimensions, printed design, barcode, QR code, RFID/NFC, PCB, controller, power, display, connector, radio, or any other physical or technical form. Special badge is a benefit label, not a specification.

Software & Apps

No reviewed official source identifies firmware, an app, protocol, ticket payload, QR/RFID/NFC behavior, access-control implementation, repository, binary, or technical interaction model for the patron artifact.

Lore

The organizer describes BSides Seattle as a community-based information-security conference. Its 2026 patron section lists the special badge alongside a patron-page listing, the event T-shirt, and a possible handmade surprise, but does not distinguish a particular benefit tier or document an event-day handoff after the February dates.

Source-backed hardware metadata

Technical Profile

Structured technical signals seeded from public badge documentation, repositories, schematics, firmware notes, or event evidence. These fields are designed for filtering, API use, repair planning, preservation, and future Companion Gear matching.

Artifact type

  • Identity artifact documented

    BSides Seattle's official 2026 ticket page lists a Special badge at the event as a patron benefit; it does not identify its material, technology, allocation, or delivery.

    Signal source

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

patron identity-artifact benefit official ticket page

2026 patron Special badge benefit

BSides Seattle's 2026 patron-benefit list includes a Special badge at the event. The source does not identify the artifact's material, technology, form, maker, allocation, or actual handoff.

Compatibility: BSides Seattle 2026 patron context only; individual eligibility and fulfillment unverified

Source
supporter-tier context official ticket page

Published 2026 patron tiers

The ticket page lists Basecamp ($300), Camp Muir ($500), and Columbia Crest ($1,000) under its 2026 patron section. It does not explicitly map the Special badge to one tier rather than another or document individual purchase and collection outcomes.

Compatibility: BSides Seattle 2026 patron programme; tier-to-badge allocation unverified

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

identity-artifact classification and physical/technical form gap note

The official patron-benefit list calls the item a Special badge at the event, but does not identify paper, plastic, metal, a lanyard, dimensions, artwork, barcode, QR code, RFID/NFC, PCB, controller, battery, display, connector, radio, firmware, app, manufacturer, quantity, or final physical form.

The record remains a conservative patron identity artifact rather than an inferred electronic badge or a more specific physical credential unsupported by the source.

Confidence
official 2026 ticket page
Status
named patron Special badge documented; artifact specification unreleased
Timeframe
BSides Seattle 2026 ticket offer
Source note
BSides Seattle 2026 official ticket and patron page.
missing rights-cleared image note

No BSides Seattle 2026 Patron Special Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Confidence
local project policy
Status
needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe
current catalogue build
Source note
badge.gallery image policy and BSides Seattle 2026 official conference and patron-ticket source trail.
patron-tier, source-currency, and handoff boundary note

The ticket page lists a Special badge as an additional benefit of being a 2026 patron and lists three patron tiers, but does not map the badge to a specific tier, provide a patron or recipient ledger, say how it was distributed, document an event-day pickup, confirm a physical handoff, describe replacement or loss handling, or report a completed delivery outcome. The listed event dates are now past at this source review.

The catalogue preserves a real organizer-published 2026 patron artifact statement without converting it into proof that every patron, or any particular patron, received a badge.

Confidence
official 2026 conference and ticket pages
Status
past-date benefit statement retained; allocation and fulfillment unrecovered
Timeframe
after February 27-28, 2026; reviewed 2026-08-05
Source note
BSides Seattle 2026 official conference and ticket pages, reviewed 2026-08-05.

Resources

BSides Seattle 2026 conference page official event page · Primary official source for the February 27-28, 2026 Building 92, Redmond conference date, location, information-security context, and 2026 programme framing. It does not identify the patron Special badge's form, allocation, or delivery. BSides Seattle 2026 tickets and patrons official ticket and patron page · Primary official badge-specific source: the 2026 patron benefits list a Special badge at the event alongside the patron listing, event T-shirt, and possible handmade surprise. It does not identify material, technology, a tier-specific allocation, or completed pickup.

Sources

BSides Seattle: BSides Seattle 2026 Conference Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the February 27-28 Building 92, Redmond conference setting and the organizer's community-based information-security-conference framing. BSides Seattle: BSides Seattle 2026 Tickets Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the 2026 patron-benefit list that names a Special badge at the event. The page is retained as ticket-offer evidence after the listed February dates, not as a completed fulfillment ledger.