SAINTCON 2021 · United States · 2021

SAINTCON 2021 MiniBadge Collection

Official and unofficial MiniBadges documented by the archived 2021 SAINTCON page

SAINTCON 2021 is represented here by its archived MiniBadge collection page, which documents in-person registration/status MiniBadges, community and challenge MiniBadges, soldering and puzzle badges, sponsor or booth-distributed badges, and a separate unofficial badge section.

SAINTCON United States Utah Provo MiniBadge BadgeLife Status Badge Community Badge Hackers Challenge Soldering Trading Badge I2C North America

EventSAINTCON 2021

SeriesSAINTCON

LocationUtah Valley Convention Center, Provo, Utah

CountryUnited States

People

Authors & Credits

Lock Picking MiniBadge designer

Redactd

The 2021 MiniBadges page credits Redactd for the Lock Picking badge.

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MiniBadge designer and distributor

Jup1t3r

The 2021 MiniBadges page credits Jup1t3r on many official and unofficial entries and says VIP badges were handed out by @jup1t3r.

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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 and MiniBadges page publisher

UtahSAINT / SAINTCON

The official 2021 archive, venue page, MiniBadges page, and Sched listing establish the event context and MiniBadge collection source trail.

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soldering, puzzle, and Hardware Community MiniBadge designer

Rushan

The 2021 MiniBadges page credits Rushan for Hardware Community, SOLDER LVL2/LVL3/LVL4, and Puzzle Badge entries.

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status MiniBadge designer

@karrots

The 2021 MiniBadges page credits @karrots on attendee, staff, committee, VIP, and speaker status MiniBadges.

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Why It Mattered

It restores a post-2019 SAINTCON BadgeLife year before the 2022 assembly guide, showing that the Provo conference continued using small PCB badges for attendee identity, community participation, contests, booth interaction, and peer exchange after the Enigma main-badge year.

Hardware

The archived page shows many small MiniBadge PCB artifacts rather than one uniform attendee-issued main badge. It documents attendee, staff, committee, VIP, and speaker MiniBadges; community/event badges such as Red Team Community, RFID/NFC, Hardware Community, and Lock Picking; contest or reward badges such as Hackers Challenge, Tamper Evident, Scavenger Hunt, Vault, and HACK-IN-THE-BOX; soldering levels, puzzle badges, and unofficial booth or personal badges.

Software & Apps

No central 2021 firmware repository, schematic archive, or per-MiniBadge source package was recovered in this pass. The record uses the public MiniBadge standard only as connector/protocol context for the broader ecosystem and does not infer active firmware behavior for every 2021 board listed on the archive page.

Lore

The page labels the collection as MiniBadges of SAINTCON 2021 and separates unofficial badges for that year. Individual entries preserve acquisition stories, including attendee badges in registration materials, VIP badges handed out by Jup1t3r, Hackers Challenge awards from the Game Master, Tamper Evident contest completion, Red Team participation, RFID/NFC community interaction, WiCyS booth visits, Eduroam contacts, and CompuNet booth pickup.

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 record keeps per-board firmware claims limited to recovered 2021 evidence.

Compatibility: SAINTCON MiniBadge ecosystem

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assembly and puzzle ecosystem officially documented

Soldering and puzzle badges

SOLDER LVL2, SOLDER LVL3, SOLDER LVL4, and Puzzle Badge entries document a tiered soldering and puzzle MiniBadge trail designed by Rushan.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2021 solder challenge

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challenge rewards officially documented

Hackers Challenge and contest MiniBadges

Hackers Challenge, Tamper Evident, Scavenger Hunt, Vault Badge, and HACK-IN-THE-BOX entries preserve reward paths tied to game masters, contest completion, enough collected items, or event participation.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2021 contests

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community participation officially documented

Community participation MiniBadges

The official page documents Red Team Community, RFID/NFC, Hardware Community, Lock Picking, Tin Foil Hat Talks, and related MiniBadges with acquisition tied to community events or interaction.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2021 community areas

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identity minibadge officially documented

Registration and status MiniBadges

The archived page lists attendee, staff, committee, VIP, and speaker MiniBadges, including attendee badges in registration materials and VIP badges handed out by Jup1t3r.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2021 in-person registration

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peer and booth ecosystem officially documented

Unofficial and booth MiniBadges

The unofficial section lists WiCyS, USA, Gadsen, Matrix, Eduroam, Private LTE, CompuNet, and Radiation badges with booth, sponsor, contact, or personal handoff acquisition notes.

Compatibility: SAINTCON 2021 unofficial MiniBadges

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Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

collection-boundary caveat note

The 2021 archived page documents many MiniBadges with distinct status, community, contest, booth, personal, and unofficial acquisition paths, so this record is a collection entry rather than a single universal attendee-issued main badge.

The catalogue preserves the MiniBadge ecosystem while keeping per-board authorship, distribution, electronics, and official/unofficial status boundaries separate.

Confidence: official MiniBadges page
Status: documented
Timeframe: SAINTCON 2021 MiniBadge collection
Source note: SAINTCON 2021 Content - MiniBadges page.

missing rights-cleared image note

No SAINTCON 2021 MiniBadge Collection 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 2021 official archive, MiniBadges page, venue page, Sched listing, and MiniBadge standard repository source trail.

source and media boundary note

The recovered public trail proves the event context and visible 2021 MiniBadge collection, but this pass did not recover a central build guide, complete schematic/BOM set, firmware archive, production counts, or reusable image permission for page media.

The record keeps claims tied to the official archive page, Sched listing, venue page, and MiniBadge standard, and leaves the page image-free until a rights-cleared original photo or official render is available.

Confidence: official event source but incomplete technical archive
Status: needs badge-team archive
Timeframe: current SAINTCON 2021 pass
Source note: SAINTCON 2021 archive, MiniBadges page, venue page, Sched listing, MiniBadge standard README, and badge.gallery image policy.

Resources

MiniBadge standard add-on specification · Public MiniBadge hardware standard source used as connector and I2C context for the SAINTCON MiniBadge ecosystem. MiniBadges of SAINTCON 2021 official badge page · Archived official page documenting the 2021 MiniBadge collection, status badges, challenge/community badges, soldering and puzzle badges, unofficial badges, acquisition notes, and designer attribution. SAINTCON 2021 Sched listing official schedule · Sched event listing corroborating SAINTCON 2021 dates, Provo, Utah location, and offline event context. SAINTCON 2021 archive official event archive · Official mirror source for the 2021 SAINTCON site, return-to-real-life context, archive provenance, and MiniBadges page link. SAINTCON 2021 venue page official venue page · Official venue page documenting Utah Valley Convention Center, 220 Center Street, Provo, Utah as the SAINTCON 2021 venue.

Sources

GitHub / lukejenkins: lukejenkins/minibadge README Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Public MiniBadge standard source for connector and protocol context; cited without claiming all 2021 MiniBadges implemented active I2C behavior. Sched / SAINTCON: SAINTCON 2021 Schedule Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Schedule source corroborating October 18-22, 2021 dates, Provo, Utah location, and offline event status. UtahSAINT / SAINTCON: Content - MiniBadges Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary source for MiniBadges of SAINTCON 2021, official and unofficial sections, badge names, designer fields, and acquisition notes. UtahSAINT / SAINTCON: Venue Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official venue source for Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah. UtahSAINT / SAINTCON archive mirror: SAINTCON Main Page Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official event archive source for SAINTCON 2021 site context and the archived MiniBadges page navigation.