Issue dossier

Public badge-history sources name What The Hack 2005 as part of the earlier simple/none badge era, before the later Dutch open-hardware badge expectation.

A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.

What The Hack 2005 Badge note

historical scope · public history page and event archive · needs primary artifact recovery

The page keeps WTH2005 visible in the Dutch lineage without falsely presenting it as a firmware or app-store badge.

Evidence

Related Resources

history page

Dutch badge-evolution page contrasting SHA2017's transformative badge with earlier simple/none badge practice.

official archive

Official historical event site for What The Hack 2005.

Source trail

Event archive · retrieved 2026-05-15

Official historical event site for What The Hack 2005.

WHY2025 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15

Source for the early-Dutch-camp badge-scope caveat and the transition toward modern electronic badges.