Not just specs
Issues & Camp Impact
Safety warnings, delivery problems, app-store gaps, team-process history, and first-hand reports are tracked as sourced records.
technical-source caveat · first-hand writeup · needs design archive recovery
The catalogue preserves the physical badge lineage while avoiding unsupported component-level or reproducibility claims.
Source note: Robot Ambassador CactusCon PCB Badges writeup.
technical-source gap · source-backed but incomplete · needs artifact-level archive
The catalogue limits the record to the electronic circuit badge, soldering light-up path, breadboard reuse, and hidden-secrets claims explicitly supported by recovered sources.
Source note: BSides Athens 2024 official site and recovered wrap-up PDF.
technical-source gap · source-backed but incomplete · needs artifact-level archive
The catalogue describes only the participant badge, DIY soldering project, custom configuration, and named design credit supported by official sources.
Source note: BSides Tallinn 2022 official page and current BSides Tallinn archive.
technical-source gap · source-backed but incomplete · needs artifact-level archive
The catalogue keeps the record useful without inventing part numbers, exact processors, firmware behavior, or board-source availability.
Source note: BSides Prague official Sched page and Hung Ngo organizer retrospective.
technical-source gap · official source but incomplete · needs badge-team archive
The catalogue records the verified 2025 badge artifact and avoids inventing unsupported electronics or firmware behavior.
Source note: NolaCon badge page, talks archive, sponsor pack, and badge.gallery inclusion policy.
technical-source gap · official badge guide with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records verified badge behavior without inventing component-level electronics, source-release status, or shipped-hardware internals.
Source note: BSides San Diego Badge Challenge page.
technical-source gap · badge-maker production source with limited archive depth · needs schematic, BOM, firmware, and repository recovery
The catalogue records the verified badge platform and production run while avoiding unsupported firmware, challenge, and component claims.
Source note: Badge Pirates tariff and shipping updates.
technical-source gap · official source but incomplete · needs badge-team archive
Hardware and software claims remain limited to the official badge-page text and avoid unsupported electronics or firmware behavior.
Source note: BSidesROC 2019 badge page and public website-source repository.
technical-source gap · official source but incomplete · needs schematic, firmware, and repository recovery
The catalogue records only the verified official badge scope and avoids unsupported hardware, software, and challenge claims.
Source note: SECCON ticket page and current public-source search.
technical-source gap · source-backed but incomplete · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records the verified badge lineage without inventing component-level details or open-source status.
Source note: U.S. Army AvengerCon VIII public-affairs article.
technical-source gap · official archive with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records the verified artifact without inventing component-level electronics or source-release status.
Source note: Recon Village Badge Life page.
technical-source gap · official archive with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records the verified artifact without inventing component-level electronics or source-release status.
Source note: Recon Village Badge Life page.
technical-source gap · official archive with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records the verified artifact without inventing component-level electronics or source-release status.
Source note: Recon Village Badge Life page.
technical-source gap · official archive with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records the verified artifact without inventing component-level electronics or source-release status.
Source note: Recon Village Badge Life page.
technical-source gap · official archive with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records the verified artifact without inventing component-level electronics or source-release status.
Source note: Recon Village Badge Life page.
technical-source gap · official archive with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records the verified artifact without inventing component-level electronics or source-release status.
Source note: Recon Village Badge Life page.
technical-source gap · official archive with limited hardware depth · needs deeper archive recovery
The catalogue records the verified artifact without inventing component-level electronics or source-release status.
Source note: Recon Village Badge Life page.
technical-source gap · official package source · open
The record keeps hardware and software claims at the official high-level classification.
Source note: RVAsec 14 registration and hotel-package pages.
technical-source gap · source-backed but incomplete · needs hardware archive
The catalogue keeps the hardware description at the level supported by public sources until a badge-team archive or post-event writeup appears.
Source note: HW101 Seasides 2026 Hardware Hacking Village page.
technical-source gap · source-backed but incomplete · needs hardware archive
The hardware and software notes stay at the exact level supported by the public SecOps writeup until a badge-team archive appears.
Source note: SecOps Hack the Badge page.
technical-source gap · source-backed but incomplete · needs hardware archive
The catalogue keeps the Agra badge record conservative and avoids converting sponsor/social evidence into unsupported component-level claims.
Source note: Archived BSides Agra site and official BSides Agra LinkedIn trail.
toolchain barrier · primary project docs · documented caveat
The badge was open and hackable, but the entry path was more firmware-oriented than later MicroPython or app-store badge lines.
Source note: Hackaday.io project page and MPLABX repository.
tooling and schedule caveat · primary writeup · historical
The badge is a good example of how open-toolchain choices can improve reuse while still affecting event production schedules.
Source note: Insinuator TROOPERS19 badge hardware post.
training-artifact classification · primary source · documented
The entry is modeled as a hardware training kit in the linux.conf.au/Oceania lineage rather than an official admission badge.
Source note: LCA2019 E-ALE page and E-ALE Floral Bonnet pages.
training-artifact classification · official source · documented
The compendium keeps the artifact in the Kiwicon lineage while distinguishing a classroom build from a con-wide badge issue.
Source note: Kiwicon 2038 Intro to Badge Hacking page.
unofficial badge classification · primary project page · documented
The catalogue treats the badge as Congress hallway badgelife, not as an official CCC admission badge.
Source note: Thomas Flummer 35C3 badge project page.
unofficial badge classification · primary project-owner sources · documented
The catalogue keeps it separate from official CCC event identity and models it as independent Congress badgelife.
Source note: Thomas Flummer 36C3 announcement and project page.
unofficial badge classification · primary forum evidence · documented
The compendium can preserve the source-backed forum artifact without claiming it represents the main DEF CON 12 badge.
Source note: DEF CON forum thread where highwizard clarifies that the forum badge was a separate badge entirely.
unofficial badge classification · first-hand forum plus product and schedule sources · documented
The catalogue includes it as an unofficial community badge artifact while keeping the official Mar Williams DEF CON 33 badge as a separate record.
Source note: DEF CON #Badge Life forum announcement, RENXCHANGE product page, and DC33 schedule mirror.
unofficial badge classification · vendor product page plus public firmware · documented
The catalogue keeps it separate from the official Mar Williams DEF CON 33 badge while preserving its vendor-booth debut and public firmware evidence.
Source note: Rabbit-Labs product page and RocketGod firmware repository.
unofficial badge classification · source-backed · documented
Country, event, and series pages can show the badge's historical importance without confusing it with the official 1o57 skull badge.
Source note: Hackaday hands-on article and Hackaday.io project context.
unofficial badge classification · primary project source · documented
The compendium preserves the community hardware lineage without confusing it with the official DEF CON 25 rubber/plastic identity badge.
Source note: AND!XOR Hackaday.io project page and DEF CON 25 event context.
unofficial badge classification · primary project source · documented
The compendium preserves the community hardware lineage without confusing it with the official DEF CON 26 text-adventure badge.
Source note: AND!XOR DC26 Hackaday.io project page, Hackaday hands-on review, and DEF CON 26 event context.
unofficial badge classification · primary project source · documented
The compendium can show both the official DEF CON 27 badge and the community AND!XOR hardware without merging their lineages.
Source note: AND!XOR DC27 project page, Hackaday hands-on review, and DEF CON 27 event context.
unofficial badge classification · primary-source discussion and README · documented
The compendium treats the artifact as a source-backed community badge template, not as the official event credential or a universal attendee handout.
Source note: 2020 Remoticon Hackaday.io discussion and flummer/remoticon2020-badge README.
unofficial badge classification · official event page plus community preorder · documented
The record is included as a source-backed community badgelife artifact connected to DEF CON Singapore, not as an official DEF CON badge claim.
Source note: DEF CON Singapore event page, r/Defcon preorder post, and rhgndf/hfsdr repository.
unofficial distribution scope · source-backed but incomplete · classification caveat
The catalogue keeps Hackbat as an unofficial DEF CON 32 badgelife record separate from the official RP2350 DEF CON 32 Badge.
Source note: Hackaday.io Hackbat project page and thehackbat/defcon32_badge README.
unofficial distribution scope · first-hand source · documented
The compendium records it as unofficial badgelife and avoids implying GrrCON organizer publication, attendee-wide distribution, or admission-credential status.
Source note: CynicalSignals BadgeBuddy writeup and GrrCON official site.
unofficial party scope · primary forum narrative · documented
The compendium keeps the unofficial party-badge lineage separate from the official DEF CON badge series while preserving its badgelife significance.
Source note: DEF CON forum thread and unsynchronized.org Ninja Networks party badge archive.
unofficial party-badge classification · repository title and official talk page · documented
The catalogue keeps the DC503 wrist badge separate from the official DEF CON 26 Tymkrs badge, the AND!XOR DC26 badge, and BSidesPDX 2018's conference-badge archive.
Source note: pdxbadgers/2018-banglet README and BSidesPDX 2018 Making of the Banglet speaker page.
unpopulated expansion caveat · primary designer source · documented
The catalogue records the expansion footprints as a design surface without implying that every attendee badge shipped with populated motion or RF hardware.
Source note: Grand Idea Studio DEFCON 15 badge project page.
variant inventory gap · official program source · needs deeper artifact inventory
The record preserves the existence of hidden variants without overclaiming a complete catalog of DEF CON 19 badge shapes.
Source note: DEF CON 19 program badge section.
vendor-booth classification · source-backed but scoped · documented
The catalogue classifies this as a vendor-booth challenge badge artifact and avoids overstating event-wide distribution.
Source note: SecOps Hack the Badge page and BSides Goa 2024 event site.
village badge classification · source-backed classification · documented
The compendium keeps the record under its own Social Engineering Community series while cross-linking the DEF CON context.
Source note: FluxDecoder repository description and DEF CON forum Youth Challenge listing.
village-badge classification · official and repository source trail · documented
The compendium keeps the badge under its own village lineage while preserving DEF CON event context and avoiding an attendee-wide DEF CON main-badge claim.
Source note: Car Hacking Village official page, CHV repositories, and IOActive build-series context.
village-scope boundary · official source but narrow · documented
The catalogue classifies this as a workshop/village badge artifact and avoids a universal conference-badge claim.
Source note: VULNCON 2025 schedule and Solder & Spark Badge Village page.
virtual artifact classification · source-backed but incomplete · classified as virtual identity artifact
The dossier keeps ROOTCON 15 in the lineage as a pandemic-era virtual badge/artwork artifact instead of implying a shipped electronic badge.
Source note: ROOTCON 15 archive, RC15 Sponsorship Overview, and ROOTCON 15 artwork directories.
virtual-edition scope · official guide · documented
The record should be read as a virtual-edition attendee-kit artifact, not an on-site conference credential used at a physical venue.
Source note: RC14 Quick Guide.
virtual-event artifact boundary · source-backed · documented
The catalogue models the badge as a virtual-conference workshop build and simulation artifact rather than upgrading it into an all-attendee production electronic badge.
Source note: The Diana Initiative 2020 Sched workshop page, TechGirlMN Maker Village archive, and TechGirlMN hardware guide.
virtual-event behavior caveat · project-owner source · historical
The badge remains an electronic artifact, but its event-game behavior is kept narrower than the original hardware capability.
Source note: ZonkSec retrospective and kernelcon-2020-badge README.