Issue dossier
The current Tindie page is out of stock and says a new order is coming, with a hope of bringing units to DEF CON. The maker's Reddit comment/post describes possible buyer-arranged pickup and a shipping refund. The sources do not establish actual stock, production completion, unit count, order status, event arrival, handoff, shipping, refund, replacement, support, or completed distribution.
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stock, replenishment, pickup, and fulfillment boundary · first-party storefront and maker announcement · sold out; future order and DEF CON pickup are stated as tentative
The catalogue preserves dated seller and maker intent without representing the item as available, delivered, or confirmed for DEF CON.
- Badge
- Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
- Category
- stock, replenishment, pickup, and fulfillment boundary
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- first-party storefront and maker announcement
- Status
- sold out; future order and DEF CON pickup are stated as tentative
- Timeframe
- as reviewed 2026-08-04
- Source note
- Ouroboros Badge #BadgeLife product page and first-person r/Defcon announcement.
first-party K Badges Tindie product listing
Maker-controlled product page for the $29.99 August 4, 2026 out-of-stock snapshot, tentative new-order/DEF CON statement, CH32V003, bare-metal RISC-V-assembly, UART-game, 12-LED Charlieplex, circular single-layer exposed-board, two-AA, and maker-described cryptographic/performance claims. Its product media has no stated reusable license or explicit permission basis.
Badge: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
first-person maker announcement
Public r/Defcon post in which Material_Opinion_321 says they created Ouroboros as a CH32V003 pure-RISC-V-assembler project with a custom UART game, links the Tindie listing and technical explainer, and describes possible buyer-arranged DEF CON pickup. It does not establish a completed sale, delivery, official event relationship, access role, or reuse rights in Reddit media.
Badge: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
maker-linked adjacent AVR framework repository
Maker-linked GitHub repository whose description identifies a bare-metal cryptographic authentication framework in AVR assembly for an ATmega328P. It is not a released CH32V003 Ouroboros Badge firmware or board package; GitHub's license field is Other, so it is not treated as a clear reusable source, hardware, documentation, or image license.
Badge: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
maker-linked technical explainer PDF
Maker-linked GitHub PDF named by the product page as a How It Works explainer. Its presence supports a public explanatory trail but does not itself publish a matching CH32V003 firmware or hardware release, grant reusable image rights, or supply a software or hardware license.
Badge: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
K Badges / mytechnotalent via Tindie · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary maker/seller source for the August 4, 2026 $29.99 out-of-stock state, tentative new-order/DEF CON hope, CH32V003, 12-LED Charlieplex matrix, circular exposed single-layer PCB, two-AA configuration, bare-metal RISC-V-assembly, 115200-baud game, and seller-described cryptographic/performance claims. It does not verify those claims, establish stock or fulfillment, publish a complete hardware or firmware release, grant image rights, or establish official DEF CON status.
Badge: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
Material_Opinion_321 via r/Defcon · retrieved 2026-05-15
First-person maker announcement saying the author created Ouroboros as a CH32V003 pure-RISC-V-assembler project with a custom UART game. It links the product and explainer and describes buyer-arranged DEF CON pickup intent, but not completed production, transfer, venue authorization, official issuance, admission, or reuse permission for its media.
Badge: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
mytechnotalent via GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Public PDF that the product page links as Ouroboros technical explanation. It corroborates a maker-published explanatory artifact, not a released matching CH32V003 firmware, binary, build/flash workflow, hardware package, security review, license, or image-reuse grant.
Badge: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)
mytechnotalent via GitHub · retrieved 2026-05-15
Maker-linked repository described as a bare-metal cryptographic authentication framework in pure AVR assembly for an ATmega328P. GitHub labels its license field Other. This is recorded as an adjacent framework boundary, not evidence that the CH32V003 badge firmware or board files are released, reproducible, security-reviewed, or openly licensed.
Badge: Ouroboros Badge (DEF CON 34)