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BSides Maine

BSides Maine 2026

The completed May 30, 2026 inaugural BSides Maine hacker conference at Hannaford Hall. Its official account and agenda document registration badge pickup, an interactive hackable lighthouse attendee badge with a pulsing beacon, and a badge-puzzle activity, while technical specifications, final variant allocation, and reusable image rights remain unpublished.

Hannaford Hall, Portland, Maine · United States · 2026

BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge

BSides Maine's official Bluesky account called its 2026 badge electronic, described it as a puzzle, and revealed the main attendee badge as a hackable lighthouse with a pulsing beacon. The official agenda says attendees collected conference badges and materials at registration, and its closing description refers to whether anyone solved the badge. This completed-event record therefore documents a real electronic attendee badge and its stated puzzle role without supplying unannounced technical details.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge official agenda

event logistics

Registration badge-pickup workflow

The official agenda tells attendees to check in and pick up their conference badge and materials during the registration window.

Compatibility: BSides Maine 2026 registration context; the source does not prove individual completed pickup, badge variant, replacement policy, or allocation count.

BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge official pre-event reveal; completed event

event-issued electronic badge

Main attendee hackable lighthouse badge

The official BSides Maine account calls the main attendee badge a hackable lighthouse with a pulsing beacon.

Compatibility: BSides Maine 2026 main attendee badge only; the source does not disclose recipient count, physical construction, or electronic compatibility.

BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge official pre-event announcement; completed-event agenda retained

official puzzle framing

Badge puzzle and collaborative-hacking prompt

Official BSides Maine posts frame the badge as a puzzle for exploration, collaboration, experimentation, and hacking; the agenda later asks whether anyone solved it.

Compatibility: BSides Maine 2026 badge context; no source identifies a puzzle mechanism, flags, software, scoring, reward, or solution.

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge note

hardware and physical-form archive gap · official event posts · electronic lighthouse and pulsing beacon documented; specifications unreleased

The sources call the badge electronic, hackable, lighthouse-shaped in theme, and equipped with a pulsing beacon, but do not identify whether that beacon is an LED or another mechanism; nor do they identify controller, PCB, power, radio, connector, display, material, dimensions, schematic, BOM, Gerber, manufacturer, or production quantity.

The catalogue records the named artifact and interaction wording without presenting a theme or generic electronic terminology as an architecture or hardware specification.

BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs selected, attributable, cleared original

No BSides Maine 2026 Lighthouse Badge image is published because the official site, Bluesky posts, and organizer recap do not pair a selected factual badge image with a reusable licence or explicit permission basis, attribution, source URL, and processing record.

The completed Maine record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying social-media reveal media, event graphics, screenshots, or generated approximations.

BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge note

recipient, variant, and credit scope gap · official event posts and organizer recap · main attendee and planned VIP variant named; detailed fulfillment and individual roles unpublished

The organizer announced a main attendee badge and a special VIP edition, while the agenda documents generic registration pickup. None of the reviewed sources supplies a delivery ledger, variant inventory, recipient count, special-edition handoff, individual builder roster, or role-specific design/manufacturing/firmware attribution. The lead organizer's post-event thanks to Ryan Boutot supports only an organizer-recognized electronic-badge contributor credit.

The catalogue keeps main-attendee, VIP, event-logistics, and contributor statements distinct instead of treating an advertised variant or a thank-you as universal allocation or sole authorship.

BSides Maine 2026 Electronic Lighthouse Badge note

software and puzzle archive gap · official event posts and agenda · puzzle role documented; implementation unreleased

Official wording confirms puzzle and solve context but does not disclose firmware, application, source repository, flashing method, protocol, flag count, challenge sequence, answers, scoring, prizes, source licence, or security analysis.

The entry does not turn the verified puzzle framing into unsupported CTF, firmware, networking, or credential claims.

Resources

BSides Global May 2026 listing official Security BSides event listing · Security BSides community listing for the May 30, 2026 Hannaford Hall, Portland, Maine event date and venue context. BSides Maine 2026 agenda official event agenda · Official event agenda for registration badge/material pickup, conference context, and closing wording that asks whether anyone solved the badge. BSides Maine VIP special-edition badge announcement official event social post · Official pre-event post advertising a special-edition badge as a VIP benefit; it does not describe the variant or prove final handoff. BSides Maine badge puzzle prompt official event social post · Official BSides Maine post stating that the badge was also a puzzle intended for exploration, collaboration, experimentation, and hacking. BSides Maine electronic badge designer clue official event social post · Official BSides Maine post calling the upcoming artifact an electronic badge while withholding a named designer, component list, or technical specification. BSides Maine main attendee badge reveal official event social post · Primary official source naming the main attendee badge a hackable lighthouse with a pulsing beacon on the day before the completed event. BSides Maine lead organizer post-event recap organizer post-event recap · Lead organizer Ben Strout's public post-event recap identifies BSides Maine as completed and gives Ryan Boutot recognition for the electronic badges, without defining an individual technical role.

Sources

BSides Maine: BSides Maine 2026 agenda Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official event source for registration badge pickup and closing badge-solving context; it does not describe components or puzzle implementation. BSides Maine: BSides Maine VIP special-edition badge announcement Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official pre-event VIP-benefit source for a special-edition badge, without form, technical, or completion evidence. BSides Maine: BSides Maine badge puzzle prompt Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official account source framing the badge as a puzzle for exploration, collaboration, experimentation, and hacking. BSides Maine: BSides Maine electronic badge designer clue Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official account source calling the upcoming 2026 artifact an electronic badge. The post does not name the designer or disclose hardware. BSides Maine: BSides Maine main attendee badge reveal Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source calling the main attendee badge a hackable lighthouse with a pulsing beacon. Ben Strout / BSides Maine lead organizer: BSides Maine lead organizer post-event recap Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Organizer recap source confirming the first event completed and recognizing Ryan Boutot for the electronic badges; it does not define Boutot's specific technical role. Security BSides: BSides Maine May 2026 event listing Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official Security BSides community listing for the May 30, 2026 Hannaford Hall, Portland event context.