Seasides
The February 19-21, 2026 Seasides conference in Goa whose official site links a Hardware Hacking Village page documenting a soldering badge, enough badges for attendees, and a hidden hardware/firmware badge challenge.
International Centre Goa, Goa · India · 2026
A conservative Seasides 2026 Hardware Hacking Village badge record from official Seasides and HW101 pages documenting a drop-in soldering village where attendees could build a custom badge and pursue a hidden hardware/firmware challenge.
Lifecycle
The source describes a hidden hardware/firmware challenge using reverse-engineering skills, with prizes for successful solvers.
The HW101 page says the village would have enough badges for everyone attending the conference and that participants could take home a custom badge after soldering it.
The hardware village combined soldering, hardware talks, a hardware CTF, networking, and badge activity across the Seasides 2026 conference.
Operational history
The record preserves the public distribution statement while leaving final shipped-quantity confirmation for follow-up.
The record stays image-free rather than copying page imagery, screenshots, social photos, or generated badge art.
The catalogue keeps the hardware description at the level supported by public sources until a badge-team archive or post-event writeup appears.