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The badge page's post-event wording confirms that the badge competition ran on both days and that attendees own their badges, but no reviewed source gives the number of badges made, whether every ticket included one, pickup or handoff details, replacements, or variants.

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production and distribution gap · official event and badge pages · event completed; distribution undocumented

The edition is marked completed, but the record makes no claim about badge count or allocation.

Badge
BSides Lisbon 2026 Electronic Badge
Category
production and distribution gap
Severity
note
Confidence
official event and badge pages
Status
event completed; distribution undocumented
Timeframe
post-event as of 2026-10-31
Source note
BSidesLisbon 2026 badge and unlock pages, checked 2026-10-31.

Evidence

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official badge page

BSides Lisbon 2026 badge page

Official 2026 badge page: the badge is electronic, kripthor developed the conference badge once again, and Bitsight sponsors it; attendees needed a USB-C cable and a powerbank, and a phone or laptop for the full experience. Since the conference it says the badge competition ran throughout both days, the game is over, and the badge is the owner's to unlock.

Badge: BSides Lisbon 2026 Electronic Badge

official post-event guide

Unlock your badge

Official post-event guide to turning the ESP32-S3 badge into an open board: the serial console at 115200 baud, the published unlock code and its two confirmation steps, what the unlock erases, and how to flash new firmware with esptool or the Arduino IDE given the permanent secure download mode and disabled JTAG.

Badge: BSides Lisbon 2026 Electronic Badge

Source trail

Evidence Sources

BSidesLisbon · retrieved 2026-10-31

BSides Lisbon 2026 / Badge

Primary official badge source for the kripthor development credit, the Bitsight sponsorship, and the USB-C cable, powerbank, and phone-or-laptop requirements. The October 31, 2026 version says the badge competition ran throughout both days and the game is over, which this record uses as the organizer's confirmation that the event and competition took place. It publishes no board files, firmware, results, or image.

Badge: BSides Lisbon 2026 Electronic Badge

BSidesLisbon · retrieved 2026-10-31

Unlock your badge · BSides Lisbon 2026

Primary official source for the ESP32-S3 platform, ARIA's flash-encrypted competition firmware that refused other images, the data it held (contacts, Stegomatrix messages, high scores), the 115200-baud serial console, the unlock and erase procedure, the IO0 ROM-loader button, and the permanent secure download mode and disabled JTAG. It does not give board files, firmware source, unit counts, or results. badge.gallery does not repeat the unlock code.

Badge: BSides Lisbon 2026 Electronic Badge