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Uber Badge caveat · official registry · documented; no 2026 awardee claimed

The current Uber Badge page documents the lifetime-admission award model and public registry, but the public registry does not list a 2026 badge-challenge winner as of the current recheck.

The catalogue treats Uber Badges as an award lineage attached to the challenge and avoids naming unverified 2026 winners.

Source note: BSides Tampa Uber Badge registry page, rechecked 2026-05-21.

Konsool note

WHY2025 lineage divergence · secondary hands-on report plus public project context · historical context

Hackaday reported that Tanmatsu originated in Badge.Team and had been destined to become the WHY2025 badge before a significant disagreement between event orga and Badge.Team left it as a standalone project.

The record links the standalone Tanmatsu/Konsool platform to the same Dutch camp badge-history branch as WHY2025 without treating it as the shipped WHY2025 attendee badge.

Source note: Hackaday Tanmatsu hands-on report.

archive-boundary caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs deeper event archive

This pass recovered the HHV badge repository, build PDF, and programming writeup, but not an official Ruxcon badge-distribution page or attendee-count source for the badge run.

The catalogue ties the badge to the Hardware Hacking Village public archive and avoids claiming exact distribution volume or universal attendee issuance.

Source note: Ruxcon 2015 event page, InfoconDB, RuxconBadge2015 repository, and programming writeup.

archive-depth caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs deeper artifact inventory

This pass records the public firmware/material release paths but does not unpack, mirror, or inventory every firmware object, EEPROM dump, conference DVD file, or badge-contest writeup.

The record preserves the verified hardware and software surfaces while leaving deeper artifact archaeology for a later pass.

Source note: DEF CON event archive, Parallax forum attachments, and InfoconDB talk metadata.

archive-depth caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs deeper artifact inventory

The public repository preserves firmware, Gerbers, SPI tools, troubleshooting, and a flash image, while this pass does not audit every firmware commit, CTF flag, Slack hint, scoreboard state, patch, land-mine flag, or physical drop artifact.

The record captures the verified hardware/software surfaces without claiming complete CTF reconstruction or complete production logistics.

Source note: AND!XOR DC28 RTFM, CTF walkthrough logs, and GitHub repository.

archive-source caveat · current live site replaced by hosting default page · archived source used

The live BSides Agra site currently serves a hosting/default page, so this record relies on Internet Archive snapshots for the official event context and official LinkedIn posts for the badge and soldering-village evidence.

Future maintenance should prefer a restored official page, badge-team repository, or post-event writeup if one appears, and should not weaken the record to the current default-page response.

Source note: Internet Archive CDX snapshots and current bsidesagra.com live-page check.

artifact classification · official wiki sources · modeled conservatively

The public sources prove a Shadybucks wristband, Shady Tag identity workflow, and badge CTF entry path, but not a recovered universal electronic PCB badge archive.

The record is classified as an identity/payment and CTF artifact instead of inventing electronics, components, firmware, or distribution details beyond the official wiki.

Source note: Shadybucks and Euphoria CTF wiki pages.

artifact classification · primary official media attachments · documented narrowly

The recovered sources prove official 2021 badge-art variants, but not a physical badge, lanyard credential, electronic badge, PCB, firmware, badge challenge, or production/distribution quantity.

The entry is modeled as official role and competition badge artwork instead of being upgraded into an unsupported hardware badge.

Source note: Ekoparty attachment titles for attendee, speaker, workshop, ACFT, ICFT player, and Lado B variants.

artifact detail boundary · official sponsorship source but narrow · classified as badge-sponsor inventory

The recovered public source trail proves a Badge Sponsor slot for the 2025 event, but does not prove an electronic badge, final printed credential design, lanyard artwork, sponsor imprint, attendee distribution count, schematic, PCB, firmware, challenge behavior, or production files.

The dossier preserves the real public badge-sponsor evidence while avoiding unsupported hardware or final-artifact claims.

Source note: BSides Cape Town 2025 sponsor page and Quicket event page.

artifact-classification caveat · repository description and source comments · documented

The public repository describes the item as a talking LED mask for BSides 2020 presenters, and the firmware comments call it a BSides PDX speaker gift; no source recovered here says it was the attendee badge.

The catalogue models the object as a presenter wearable/event artifact rather than a general admission badge or attendee-wide distribution claim.

Source note: pdxbadgers/2020-mask repository description, README, and firmware comments.

artifact-depth caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs deeper archive recovery

This pass relies on contemporary Hackaday technical coverage and DEF CON host-event context but does not recover an official Queercon 16 badge repository, firmware archive, full ARG ruleset, or production photo set.

The catalogue records verified hardware and social-game behavior while leaving firmware, challenge, and complete variant archaeology for a later pass.

Source note: Hackaday Queercon 16 article and DEF CON 27 host archive.

artwork-license boundary · README credit plus repository license · documented

The README credits the bee art to Ivycraft and the repository is Apache-2.0, but this pass does not treat that as a complete image-publication provenance record for the catalogue hero slot.

The catalogue preserves the artwork credit as source context while leaving the visual empty until a specific image can be cleared under the project image rules.

Source note: 5ohBEE README, 50bee.png repository asset, LICENSE, and badge.gallery image policy.

assembled-for-beginners design choice · primary development post · historical

Hackover explicitly changed from the previous year's optional assembled Invader-style board toward giving every attendee an assembled and flashed PCB.

This is useful lore for European badge culture: the organizers optimized for immediate on-site play and beginners, not only for people already comfortable with microcontroller programming.

Source note: Hackover badge development post on hackover.de/page/9/.

assembly and voltage safety caveat · repository README · source published

The RF-detector path depends on configuring the MT3608 boost converter to 9 V before installing the RF module, and the README says JP1 is disconnected to prevent damage until voltage is confirmed.

The badge page preserves the original power-safety context for the AD8317 RF detector instead of presenting the module as a no-risk plug-in.

Source note: ElectronicCats/badge-44con-2025 README.

assembly production caveat · primary writeup · historical

Assembly was disrupted when the reflow oven conveyor stopped working; the team externally drove the conveyor motor and tuned the supply around 8.5 to 9 volts to keep production moving.

The record captures the real operational work behind the polished attendee artifact and preserves a useful production failure mode for future badge teams.

Source note: Hackster.io Feskekôrka Piano Badge writeup.

attendee-distribution evidence boundary · attendee report plus badge-site trail · documented with limits

An attendee report says the open-source smartwatch was handed to conference participants, while NodeWatch.dev and NearForm document the badge platform; this pass did not recover official registration or fulfillment terms proving exact distribution scope.

The record treats NodeWatch as the NodeConf EU 2019 attendee badge without claiming exact batch size, every-ticket entitlement, or post-event availability limits.

Source note: Nordcloud attendee report, NodeWatch.dev, and NearForm source trail.

audio-artifact caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs deeper artifact inventory

Public sources document the cassette, liner, lanyard, and media-server availability, but this pass does not mirror or audit every audio file, transcript, tape variant, or final puzzle solution branch.

The catalogue records the verified analog badge surfaces and leaves complete audio forensics for a later artifact-level pass.

Source note: DEF CON forum challenge post, Hackaday hands-on article, and CIRCUITS TO KERNEL writeup.

build and USB caveat · primary docs · documented

The build guide requires a Linux machine tested on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 and warns the Buildroot build can take around an hour and a half; the FAQ also documents Windows, macOS USB-C, Wi-Fi, SSH, keyboard, and battery-reset caveats.

The record presents Winglet OS as publicly buildable and hackable while making clear that toolchain, USB, and access workflows are not frictionless for every host.

Source note: Building Winglet OS guide and AV Badge FAQ.