SAINTCON 2020 · United States · 2020

SAINTCON 2020 Badge and MiniBadge Kit

Virtual-edition shipped badge package with MiniBadge and Hackers Challenge context

SAINTCON 2020 is represented here by its virtual-edition shipped badge package. The official archive identifies 2020 as a virtual SAINTCON year, InfoconDB supplies the October 27-30 dates, and first-hand DC540 coverage documents a physical badge package with the badge itself, an included MiniBadge, a coupon for a custom MiniBadge, and Hackers Challenge CTF badge context.

SAINTCON United States Utah Virtual MiniBadge BadgeLife Hackers Challenge CTF Pandemic North America

EventSAINTCON 2020

SeriesSAINTCON

LocationVirtual / online

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

MiniBadge standard publisher

lukejenkins/minibadge

The public MiniBadge standard repository provides connector and I2C specification context for SAINTCON's MiniBadge ecosystem.

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event archive publisher

UtahSAINT / SAINTCON

The official archive establishes the 2020 SAINTCON virtual framing and event-site source trail.

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event metadata publisher

InfoconDB

InfoconDB corroborates the October 27-30, 2020 virtual SAINTCON dates.

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first-hand badge-package write-up publisher

DC540 / Baab

The first-hand write-up documents the shipped SAINTCON 2020 badge package, included MiniBadge, custom-MiniBadge coupon, and HC CTF badge context.

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Why It Mattered

It fills the pandemic-year gap between SAINTCON's 2019 Enigma main badge and the later MiniBadge collection records, showing that the Utah event still delivered physical BadgeLife artifacts for an online conference year while keeping the public evidence trail narrow.

Hardware

The recovered public trail proves a shipped physical badge package, an included MiniBadge, a custom-MiniBadge coupon, and Hackers Challenge CTF badge context. This pass did not recover official component details, schematic files, firmware, production counts, or enough public technical documentation to describe the badge electronics beyond those package-level facts.

Software & Apps

The first-hand write-up ties the package to Hackers Challenge CTF badge context, but this pass did not recover an official 2020 firmware repository, challenge source archive, or authoritative software manual. The MiniBadge standard is cited only as connector and protocol background for the broader SAINTCON MiniBadge ecosystem.

Lore

SAINTCON 2020 was run as a virtual edition during the pandemic, but the badge culture did not disappear. The first-hand source frames the artifact as a mailed conference badge arrival and notes the badge, included MiniBadge, custom-MiniBadge coupon, and HC CTF badge material as part of the experience.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

add-on specification source-backed

MiniBadge connector and I2C standard context

The public MiniBadge standard supplies the shared connector and I2C protocol context for SAINTCON MiniBadges, while this 2020 record keeps per-board behavior limited to recovered source evidence.

Compatibility: SAINTCON MiniBadge ecosystem

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badge package first-hand documented

Shipped virtual-edition badge package

DC540 first-hand coverage documents that a SAINTCON 2020 badge package arrived for the virtual edition and included the badge itself.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2020 virtual attendance

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challenge artifact first-hand documented

Hackers Challenge CTF badge context

The DC540 write-up ties the package to HC CTF badge material, but this record does not infer unrecovered challenge hardware, firmware, or scoring details.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2020 Hackers Challenge

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fulfillment token first-hand documented

Custom MiniBadge coupon

The package included a coupon for a custom MiniBadge, preserving a virtual-year path from shipped badge kit to personalized MiniBadge fulfillment.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2020 MiniBadge ecosystem

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included minibadge first-hand documented

Included MiniBadge

The same first-hand source says a MiniBadge was included with the 2020 badge package, without recovering enough public detail to describe its electronics or designer attribution.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2020 badge package

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

image-rights boundary note

The DC540 post and recovered archive/media trail do not provide a complete reusable image license, attribution, source URL, and processing provenance for badge photos or page imagery.

The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying first-hand blog or archive images without explicit reuse permission.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: DC540 first-hand badge write-up, SAINTCON 2020 archive media, and badge.gallery image policy.

missing rights-cleared image note

No SAINTCON 2020 Badge and MiniBadge Kit 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 SAINTCON 2020 official archive, InfoconDB event metadata, DC540 first-hand badge-package write-up, and MiniBadge standard repository source trail.

source-depth caveat note

The official archive and metadata sources prove the virtual event context, and the first-hand DC540 write-up proves a shipped badge package, included MiniBadge, custom-MiniBadge coupon, and HC CTF badge context; this pass did not recover an official 2020 schematic, BOM, firmware archive, production count, or complete badge-team build notes.

The record treats SAINTCON 2020 as a conservative package-level badge entry instead of inventing unrecovered electronics, firmware behavior, or challenge mechanics.

Confidence: official event metadata plus first-hand badge package write-up
Status: needs badge-team archive
Timeframe: current SAINTCON 2020 pass
Source note: SAINTCON 2020 archive, InfoconDB event entry, DC540 first-hand write-up, and MiniBadge standard README.

Resources

MiniBadge standard README add-on specification · Public MiniBadge hardware standard source used only as connector and I2C context for the SAINTCON MiniBadge ecosystem. My SAINTCON badge came today first-hand badge write-up · First-hand DC540 source documenting a shipped 2020 badge package, badge itself, included MiniBadge, custom-MiniBadge coupon, and HC CTF badge context. SAINTCON 2020 InfoconDB entry event metadata · InfoconDB source corroborating SAINTCON 2020 as an October 27-30, 2020 virtual event. SAINTCON 2020 archive official event archive · Official archive source identifying the 2020 SAINTCON edition as virtual and preserving the event-site context.

Sources

DC540 / Baab: My SAINTCON badge came today Retrieved 2026-05-15 · First-hand source proving the shipped badge package, badge itself, included MiniBadge, custom-MiniBadge coupon, and HC CTF badge context without granting image reuse. GitHub / lukejenkins: lukejenkins/minibadge README Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public MiniBadge standard source for connector and protocol context; cited without claiming the 2020 badge or included MiniBadge implemented every protocol behavior. InfoconDB: SAINTCON 2020 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Event metadata source for October 27-30, 2020 virtual dates. UtahSAINT / SAINTCON archive mirror: SAINTCON 2020 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official archive source for the virtual SAINTCON 2020 framing and event-site context.