Issue dossier
Badge.Life labels the artifact its Badgelife Village Badge for DC34 / 2026 and indexes it in its DEF CON 34 village material. No reviewed source for this record says DEF CON designed, issued, sponsors, or will distribute it; that it is a Human badge, registration entitlement, or admission credential; or who is eligible, how many exist, what it costs, whether it ships, or whether any pickup, delivery, or completed handoff occurred.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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BadgeLife village association, allocation, and DEF CON credential boundary · Badge.Life badge guide and village index · pre-event village badge documented; distribution and credential status unverified
The catalogue records a source-documented village electronic badge without representing it as DEF CON's main badge, a guaranteed attendee item, an access credential, or a completed transaction.
- Badge
- BadgeLife Village Badge (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- BadgeLife village association, allocation, and DEF CON credential boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- Badge.Life badge guide and village index
- Status
- pre-event village badge documented; distribution and credential status unverified
- Timeframe
- 2026 pre-event source pass
- Source note
- Badge.Life DC34 Village Badge guide and current village index, reviewed 2026-08-05.
official BadgeLife badge documentation
Badge.Life's DC34 guide identifies Badgey Bodgerton, the RP2354/LED/button/SAO/infrared/USB-C/18650 surface, user-installed challenge parts, and high-level recovery documentation. It does not establish DEF CON issuance, allocation, final production, safe assembly, firmware availability, or image reuse.
Badge: BadgeLife Village Badge (DEF CON 34)
official BadgeLife village page
Badge.Life's current home page identifies Badgelife Village as a DEF CON 34 village, links the DC34 badge documentation, and publishes the current village schedule. It is village context, not a DEF CON Human-badge allocation, authorization, or delivery record.
Badge: BadgeLife Village Badge (DEF CON 34)
official companion SAO documentation
The companion DC34 SAO page currently contains only WIP level and link placeholders and names GhostGlitch as developer. It does not identify a specific add-on, its relationship to a final badge, electrical behavior, compatibility, availability, or image-reuse permission.
Badge: BadgeLife Village Badge (DEF CON 34)
Badge.Life · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary village-context source linking the DC34 badge documentation and identifying Badgelife Village in the DEF CON 34 context. Its schedule is not a final allocation, price, pickup, delivery, credential, or organizer-authorization record for this badge.
Badge: BadgeLife Village Badge (DEF CON 34)
Badge.Life · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary Badge.Life documentation for the named 2026 village badge, its listed RP2354, LEDs, buttons, user-installed components, USB-C/USB CDC/UF2 path, 18650/charging wording, SAO v2 headers, infrared receiver, and developer credit. The page does not confirm DEF CON issuance, recipient eligibility, production, fulfillment, final source release, safety validation, or reusable-image rights.
Badge: BadgeLife Village Badge (DEF CON 34)
Badge.Life · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary companion-page source showing that the published DC34 SAO material remains WIP placeholders and names GhostGlitch as developer. It does not establish a completed or separately named SAO, technical specification, compatibility, delivery, or image license.
Badge: BadgeLife Village Badge (DEF CON 34)