Issue dossier
The product was introduced for DefCon 32, later appears on a DEF CON 33 Hacker Couture list, and the Tindie page says it sold out in September 2024. This pass did not recover a production count, event schedule, booth location, receipt, purchaser/recipient list, attendee report, pickup/shipping record, vendor after-action, unit history, or proof that the 2025 vendor listing used an identical run or remaining 2024 inventory.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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DEF CON 32 origin, DEF CON 33 vendor list, and completed-distribution gap · maker launch wording, later vendor list, and seller state · origin and later vendor recurrence documented; event handoffs unconfirmed
The record preserves the maker-stated 2024 origin and the separate 2025 listing without creating a duplicate DC33 badge or treating either listing as confirmed event distribution.
- Badge
- Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
- Category
- DEF CON 32 origin, DEF CON 33 vendor list, and completed-distribution gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- maker launch wording, later vendor list, and seller state
- Status
- origin and later vendor recurrence documented; event handoffs unconfirmed
- Timeframe
- 2024-2025
- Source note
- Dante's Inferno Tindie listing and Hacker Couture DEFCON 33 Product List.
later DEF CON vendor product list
Nineteen-page Hacker Couture product list headed DEFCON 33 that repeats Dante's Inferno Badge at $100 with three-board, two-color-solder-mask, sixty-LED, CR123A, and one-SAO-port claims. It establishes a later vendor-list recurrence, not a second badge, organizer issuance, scheduled drop, completed sale, or image reuse permission.
Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
maker firmware release
Maker release page for v1.1, published July 28, 2024, which says pre-sale 1.0 or 1.01 units should flash the update to fix an unspecified issue and names `enable, sh ver` as a version check. Release assets and prose do not establish a full source or engineering archive.
Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
maker firmware repository
Public im-redactd repository that links back to the product and documents a forthcoming information/software-update archive plus a 1200-baud USB/UF2 flashing procedure. It does not currently provide readable firmware or hardware source, a license, or image reuse permission.
Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
redactd Tindie product listing
Primary maker listing that says the independent electronic badge was introduced just in time for DefCon 32, names three connected boards, two-color solder mask, sixty LEDs, an included CR123A, a populated SAO v1.69bis port, custom box/foam/lanyard, and its shipment/battery wording. Its images do not state a reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
GitHub / im-redactd · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary release source for the July 28, 2024 v1.1 update, its stated pre-sale 1.0/1.01 fix, and `enable, sh ver` version-check command. It does not explain the fixed issue, publish source or license, or prove installation, outcome, or unit coverage.
Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
GitHub / im-redactd · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary maker repository for the published USB/UF2 update path. Its README says information and software updates are coming, but the reviewed tree does not supply readable firmware, hardware source, a license file, or a complete technical specification.
Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
Hacker Couture / Hacker Warehouse · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary later vendor-list source that repeats a $100 Dante's Inferno Badge and its three-board, two-color-solder-mask, sixty-LED, CR123A, and one-SAO-port claims in a DEF CON 33 context. It does not prove a separate artifact, DefCon 32 origin, event issuance, scheduled drop, completed sale, or image rights.
Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)
redactd / Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary maker/seller source for the DefCon 32 introduction, independent electronic-badge identity, three connected circuit boards, top-two-board two-color solder mask, sixty LEDs, CR123A, populated SAO v1.69bis port, packaging/lanyard, secret wording, $100 price, and sold-out-since-September-7-2024 state. It does not identify the controller, electrical design, firmware source, official DEF CON role, delivery outcome, or image reuse rights.
Badge: Dante's Inferno Badge (DEF CON 32)