Issue dossier
The CactusCon 8 registration update says electronic badges were available "as always", which hints at earlier CactusCon electronic-badge years, but the current early-lineage pass only recovered artifact-level evidence for the 2014 PCB badge, 2017 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth scanner badge, and 2018 paid badge option.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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earlier-lineage caveat · source-limited · documented; monitor newly surfaced archives
CactusCon 2012-2013 and 2015-2016 stay explicit negative coverage until primary event pages, ticket text, badge-team archives, photos with reuse rights, repositories, or other artifact-level public sources surface.
- Badge
- CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge
- Category
- earlier-lineage caveat
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- source-limited
- Status
- documented; monitor newly surfaced archives
- Timeframe
- pre-2019 CactusCon lineage
- Source note
- CactusCon 2019 registration update, Robot Ambassador CactusCon PCB Badges writeup, Ratil.life Hacking and Skydiving writeup, Arizona LoCo Team September 2018 notes, and current badge.gallery source standards.
official event page
Official update source corroborating the CactusCon 8 Mesa Convention Center and Delta Phoenix Mesa event context.
Badge: CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge
official registration page
Official update source naming CactusCon 8, December 6-7, 2019 at Mesa Convention Center, and distinguishing printed-badge versus electronic-badge registration entitlements.
Badge: CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge
official schedule page
Official schedule source saying registration volunteers issued a printed badge or electronic badge depending on ticket type and that badges gave access to all talks and workshops.
Badge: CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge
official schedule page
Official Saturday schedule source repeating the printed/electronic badge handoff and badge access language.
Badge: CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge
CactusCon · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official event-context source for CactusCon 8 Mesa Convention Center / Delta Phoenix Mesa logistics.
Badge: CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge
CactusCon · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official registration source for the CactusCon 8 free tier plus optional electronic-badge registration path.
Badge: CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge
CactusCon · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official schedule source corroborating printed-badge versus electronic-badge handoff by ticket type and badge access to talks and workshops.
Badge: CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge
CactusCon · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official schedule source corroborating printed-badge versus electronic-badge handoff by ticket type and badge access to talks and workshops.
Badge: CactusCon 8 Electronic Badge