Issue dossier
BCCC's official page places the contest at DEF CON 34 and says contestants must hold DEF CON badges, while the Beer SAO sources describe an independent marketplace offer and winner-copy route. They do not identify The Beer SAO as a DEF CON Human badge, an organizer-issued admission item, an included registration benefit, a contest entitlement for every attendee, or proof of organizer approval for a particular pickup/sales flow.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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independent BCCC / DEF CON association and credential boundary · official contest page and maker sources · independent contest-linked BadgeLife artifact
The catalogue classifies the artifact as an independent contest-linked Simple Add-On rather than an official conference credential, access substitute, or confirmed universal contest prize.
- Badge
- The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- independent BCCC / DEF CON association and credential boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official contest page and maker sources
- Status
- independent contest-linked BadgeLife artifact
- Timeframe
- 2026 pre-event source pass
- Source note
- BCCC 21 official contest page, The Beer SAO Uberflux listing, and BCCC Temperature SAO repository.
current maker marketplace product page
Live maker-controlled Uberflux product page and serialized payload for The Beer SAO. It establishes the observed $45 / 150-total / 28-sold / 122-remaining pre-sale snapshot, two announced DEF CON 34 BadgeLife Village pickup labels, no shipping option, included 180-degree adapter, physical/package claims, and maker-described functions. Product imagery has no stated reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Badge: The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)
official contest page
BCCC's own 2026 contest page placing its twenty-first Beer Chilling Contraption Contest at DEF CON 34, Las Vegas Convention Center, August 6–9. It defines the contest context and says contestants need DEF CON badges, but does not describe the Beer SAO as an official Human badge, admission item, or universal contestant award.
Badge: The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)
public hardware and firmware repository
Public `aerospace-venoms` source tree for the BCCC Temperature SAO. Its README documents the BCCC/DEF CON 2026 connection, RP2350A/W25Q16/DS18B20/display/USB-C/SWD hardware, dual-core Pico-SDK firmware, KiCad tree, UF2, build/flash guidance, batch programming, and soak-test tools. It is a public technical source, not proof that every marketplace unit carries the same revision or a reusable-image grant.
Badge: The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)
public software and hardware license declaration
Root license file declaring WTFPL v2 and copyright by Ames Evans. The file says firmware was developed with Claude. Its broad code/design license does not identify one physical badge photograph or repository image as a rights-cleared documentary hero asset, nor does it establish final event-unit configuration.
Badge: The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)
Ames Evans / aerospace-venoms · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary license source declaring WTFPL v2 and copyright by Ames Evans, with the source-authored note that firmware was developed with Claude. It permits broad copying/modification on its own terms but does not map repository or marketplace media to an attributable, factual, rights-cleared hero image or prove deployed firmware provenance.
Badge: The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)
BCCC · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary organizer-controlled event source for the twenty-first BCCC at DEF CON 34, Las Vegas Convention Center, August 6–9, 2026, its contest context, and its requirement that contestants have DEF CON badges. It does not identify The Beer SAO as a DEF CON-issued badge, a contest entitlement, or an admission credential.
Badge: The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)
GitHub / aerospace-venoms · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary public technical source for the BCCC-associated red-solo-cup PCB, stated winner-copy route, RP2350A/W25Q16/DS18B20/74HC595/display/USB-C/SWD details, Pico-SDK firmware behavior, KiCad/design tree, versioned UF2, flashing instructions, programming, and soak-test tooling. It does not establish the final marketplace BOM, every physical unit's revision, event handoff, calibration, safety, or a cleared physical-badge image.
Badge: The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)
bud-lightbeer / Uberflux · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary live maker product source for the August 4, 2026 $45 / 150-total / 28-sold / 122-remaining pre-sale snapshot, no-shipping status, announced BadgeLife Village pickup labels, roughly 100 mm beer-cup form, sensor/display/RP2350/USB-C/adapter claims, and intended BCCC context. It does not prove production completion, event pickup, delivery, contest availability, final build configuration, accuracy, safety, or image reuse permission.
Badge: The Beer SAO / BCCC Temperature Badge (DEF CON 34)