Issue dossier
The listing showed $10, 17 remaining, 33 sold, PRE/DROP labels, and an August 7 BadgeLife Village drop; Badge.Life schedules Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs at Friday 4 PM. Neither source establishes payment records, final inventory, run size, exact Hacker Boba allocation, completed manufacture, pickup, shipment, delivery, refund, replacement, or post-event availability. Nor does either source say DEF CON designed, issued, sponsors, or will distribute it; that it is included with registration; or that it grants admission, replaces a Human badge, or is a universal attendee benefit.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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current marketplace availability, BadgeLife drop, and credential boundary · live maker listing and current BadgeLife schedule · $10 / 17-remaining / 33-sold snapshot and August 7 4 PM drop published
The catalogue retains a time-specific independent maker offer and village context without treating it as an official credential, guaranteed handoff, or completed transaction.
- Badge
- Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- current marketplace availability, BadgeLife drop, and credential boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- live maker listing and current BadgeLife schedule
- Status
- $10 / 17-remaining / 33-sold snapshot and August 7 4 PM drop published
- Timeframe
- reviewed 2026-08-05 before DEF CON 34
- Source note
- Brooke's Bytes Hacker Boba Uberflux listing and Badge.Life current DC34 village schedule, reviewed 2026-08-05.
Evidence
Related Resources
live Brooke's Bytes maker marketplace listing
Brooke's Bytes' live Uberflux listing identifies Hacker Boba as a DIY PCB Badge Kit, current $10 / 17-remaining / 33-sold snapshot, DEF CON 34 BadgeLife Village drop, keychain, switch, included CR2032/holder, three flashing RGB LEDs, no-MCU/firmware statement, QR-search feature, and a coin-cell caution. It is a marketplace description, not a final inventory, physical handoff, safe assembly, source release, DEF CON issuance, credential, or image-reuse record.
Badge: Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)
official BadgeLife village schedule
Badge.Life's current schedule lists Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs in a Friday 4 PM DEF CON 34 village-drop slot. It corroborates village context and schedule intent, not exact Hacker Boba allocation, official DEF CON sponsorship, completed pickup, delivery, or image reuse.
Badge: Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)
Source trail
Evidence Sources
Badge.Life · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary current schedule source listing Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs in the Friday 4 PM DC34 village slot. It is group-level village/schedule context, not proof that every listed product is allocated there, an attendee entitlement, a completed transaction, or cleared media rights.
Badge: Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)
Brooke's Bytes / Uberflux · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary live maker listing for Hacker Boba, source-named 000000widow/Brooke's Bytes maker context, $10 / 17-remaining / 33-sold snapshot, PRE/DROP status, August 7 BadgeLife Village drop, PCB/keychain/switch/CR2032/LED kit contents, no-MCU/firmware wording, QR-search statement, and coin-cell caution. It does not prove final stock, payment, manufacture, safe assembly, handoff, electrical behavior, DEF CON issuance, admission use, or reusable-image permission.
Badge: Hacker Boba Badge Kit (DEF CON 34)