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A public Reddit account names the badge, 100-unit plan, price, and Hall W4, while the official DEF CON forum confirms only the upcoming conference date and venue. No reviewed storefront, company announcement, vendor list, checkout, sales record, shipping/pickup terms, maker identity proof, production record, allocation, payment, receipt, delivery, refund, replacement, or attendee handoff evidence was recovered.

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source attribution, pre-event availability, and fulfillment boundary · single public post and official event-context source · announced offer; account relationship and outcome unverified

The catalogue records the concrete pre-event offer while leaving attribution, seller relationship, availability, sale, fulfillment, and event outcome explicitly unresolved.

Badge
Sneakreaper Limited-Edition Badge (DEF CON 34)
Category
source attribution, pre-event availability, and fulfillment boundary
Severity
note
Confidence
single public post and official event-context source
Status
announced offer; account relationship and outcome unverified
Timeframe
as reviewed 2026-08-04
Source note
Sneakreaper limited edition defcon badge! and official DEF CON 34 Las Vegas announcement.

Evidence

Related Resources

contemporaneous public pre-event offer post

Sneakreaper limited edition defcon badge!

Public r/Defcon post by u/sandiegoking that calls the item a limited Sneakreaper DEF CON badge, names the stated 100-unit availability, ESP32-S3-MINI-1-N8, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 13.56 MHz NFC, programmable LEDs, and its day-one feature qualifier. The account replies with $150 and Hall W4, but the post does not independently verify the account holder's identity, relationship to Sneakreaper Industries, booth authorization, completed availability, or image-reuse permission.

Badge: Sneakreaper Limited-Edition Badge (DEF CON 34)

official DEF CON date and venue announcement

DEF CON 34 Las Vegas

Official DEF CON forum announcement establishing August 6-9, 2026 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It provides event context only; it does not mention Sneakreaper, the offer, a booth, a sale, a badge, or authorization for this independent project.

Badge: Sneakreaper Limited-Edition Badge (DEF CON 34)

Source trail

Evidence Sources

DEF CON Forums / DEF CON Communications, Inc. · retrieved 2026-05-15

DEF CON 34 Las Vegas

Official event-context source for August 6-9, 2026 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It anchors the record's pre-event DEF CON 34 timing and venue without serving as evidence for the independent Sneakreaper offer or its technical claims.

Badge: Sneakreaper Limited-Edition Badge (DEF CON 34)

u/sandiegoking (public Reddit account) · retrieved 2026-05-15

Sneakreaper limited edition defcon badge!

Primary contemporaneous public source for the independent pre-event offer: the named badge, stated 100-unit availability, ESP32-S3-MINI-1-N8, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 13.56 MHz NFC, programmable LEDs, source-starred DEF CON day-one functions, $150 reply, and Hall W4 reply. The account appears to respond to prospective buyers, but this single public post does not verify legal identity, maker authorship, commercial relationship to Sneakreaper Industries, booth authorization, manufacture, delivery, implementation, safety, legality, DEF CON affiliation, admission, or image reuse.

Badge: Sneakreaper Limited-Edition Badge (DEF CON 34)