hardware-source depth caveat · firmware/readme source but no CAD archive · needs hardware archive recovery
The record keeps hardware claims to the official site and firmware repository without inventing a final circuit, board revision, manufacturing run, or image provenance.
Source note: HackConRD 2026 site, eBadge page, and Badge_HackConRD_2026 README.
hardware-source gap · source review · needs deeper archive recovery
Future work should revisit ToorCamp and Shadytel archives for hardware details before adding component-level claims.
Source note: ToorCamp 2024 official site and wiki source trail.
hardware-source gap · post-event repository evidence · needs schematic and BOM recovery
The catalogue can document the firmware, simulator, and RP2040/Pico SDK workflow while keeping manufacturing-grade hardware claims open.
Source note: RVAsec pages and HackRVA/badge2026 repository.
hardware-source scope · repository review · documented
Hardware and software claims stay limited to the README, schematic directory, and JavaScript source tree.
Source note: nearform/nceubadge2018 repository.
hardware-source scope caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs deeper post-event artifact inventory
The catalogue records verified hardware and firmware surfaces while leaving deeper NorthSec 2025 artifact archaeology for later work.
Source note: NorthSec 2025 badge repository, README, hardware tree, and schematic PDF.
historical naming · primary designer source · documented
The compendium uses DEF CON for the series and event but preserves DEFCON in source titles where that is the original title.
Source note: Grand Idea Studio DEFCON 14 materials and current DEF CON naming.
historical scope · event archive, badge artifact not yet recovered · needs primary artifact recovery
The page is included as a pass/identity artifact and as an archive-recovery target; electronic-badge claims should wait for primary evidence.
Source note: media.ccc.de and CCC events archive.
historical scope · event archive, badge artifact not yet recovered · needs primary artifact recovery
The page keeps the transition year visible while avoiding a false continuity of electronic badges.
Source note: media.ccc.de and CCC events archive.
historical scope · WHY2025 history pages · documented
Keeping this distinction prevents early Dutch camp history from being erased while avoiding false claims about hackable electronics.
Source note: WHYcast history episode 8.
historical scope · public history page and event archive · needs primary artifact recovery
The page keeps the origin point visible while marking the badge itself as an identity/pass record pending primary material recovery.
Source note: WHYcast history episode 41 and the official event archive.
historical scope · public history page and event archive · needs primary artifact recovery
The compendium includes HEU1993 as lineage context and avoids claiming electronics until a primary artifact source appears.
Source note: WHYcast history episode 41 and the official event archive.
historical scope · public history page and event archive · needs primary artifact recovery
The compendium includes HAL2001 as a lineage and identity-artifact entry while leaving electronics, credits, and images marked for primary-source recovery.
Source note: WHYcast history episode 41 and the official event archive.
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.
Source note: WHYcast history episode 41 and the official event archive.
historical scope · public history page and event archive · needs primary artifact recovery
The record is intentionally conservative until primary photos, registration notes, or production files identify a specific badge artifact.
Source note: WHYcast history episode 41 and the official event archive.
historical scope · public history page and event archive · needs primary artifact recovery
The compendium models OHM2013 as a non-PCB identity artifact and leaves any electronic-badge claim open pending primary evidence.
Source note: WHYcast history episode 41 and the official event archive.
housing-design tradeoff · first-hand project writeup · documented
The record preserves the badge as a real production artifact with mechanical and optical compromises rather than treating the enclosure as a frictionless visual shell.
Source note: Rob Rehrig THOTCON 0xC project writeup.
identity verification boundary · official how-to page · documented
The dossier separates campsite legal check-in from the camp identity artifact so the access model is not overstated.
Source note: Camp++ 2022 how-to page.
identity verification boundary · official how-to page · documented
The dossier separates campsite legal check-in from the camp identity artifact so the access model is not overstated.
Source note: Camp++ 2024 how-to page.
identity verification boundary · official how-to page · planned
The dossier separates campsite legal check-in from the camp identity artifact so the access model is not overstated.
Source note: Camp++ 2026 how-to page.
identity-artifact boundary · official source · documented
The catalogue records x33fcon 2026 as an identity-artifact badge and avoids any electronic-badge claim.
Source note: x33fcon Terms & Conditions Conference Badges section.
identity-artifact boundary · official source but limited · documented
The catalogue records the real identity artifact while avoiding unsupported electronic-badge claims.
Source note: BSides Reunion volunteer missions and official event page.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The record is modeled as an identity artifact and avoids unsupported PCB, firmware, RF, display, NFC, or challenge claims.
Source note: WAHCKon 2013 ticket page.
identity-artifact classification · first-hand source · documented
The record is modeled as a speaker credential and avoids claiming all OzSecCon attendees received this artifact.
Source note: MOS & BOO OzSecCon 2018 conference wrap-up.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a lanyard and registration identity artifact so the Melbourne lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, display, CTF, or programmable behavior.
Source note: BSides Melbourne 2020 schedule and sponsor page.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a conference identity artifact so the Melbourne lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, display, CTF, or programmable behavior.
Source note: BSides Melbourne 2023 attendee communications and official archive.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a social-signal identity artifact so the Melbourne lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, display, CTF, or programmable behavior.
Source note: BSides Melbourne 2024 sponsorship prospectus and sponsors page.
identity-artifact classification · primary sources · documented; post-event details still needed
The catalogue keeps the Melbourne lineage current while avoiding claims about final production, design, electronics, firmware, or attendee field use beyond the public badge/lanyard source trail.
Source note: BSides Melbourne 2026 home page, sponsor page, and sponsorship package.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a conference identity and speaker credential so the CrikeyCon lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, CTF, display, or programmable behavior.
Source note: CrikeyCon 2017 archive and CFP pages.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a conference identity and speaker credential so the CrikeyCon lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, CTF, display, or programmable behavior.
Source note: CrikeyCon V official archive page.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as conference identity, support, and speaker credentials so the CrikeyCon lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, CTF, display, or programmable behavior.
Source note: CrikeyCon VI official archive page.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a conference identity and support-signal artifact so the CrikeyCon lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, CTF, display, or programmable behavior.
Source note: CrikeyCon VII archive, schedule, and events pages.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a conference identity and accessibility artifact so the CrikeyCon lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, CTF, display, or programmable behavior.
Source note: CrikeyCon IX schedule, archive page, and Humanitix ticketing.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a conference identity artifact so the CrikeyCon lineage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, RF, CTF, or display claims.
Source note: CrikeyCon X schedule, archive page, and Humanitix ticketing.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The record is modeled as an identity and challenge artifact so the CHCon lineage expands without unsupported microcontroller, firmware, display, radio, NFC, or CTF-on-badge claims.
Source note: CHCon 2018 event and sponsorship page.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry separates identity-badge materials from CTF electronics so the record does not invent a PCB credential.
Source note: CHCon 2019 about and sponsorship pages.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is modeled as a Kiwicon identity artifact so New Zealand coverage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, display, radio, NFC, or CTF behavior.
Source note: Kiwicon 7 home/news and about pages.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is modeled as a Kiwicon identity artifact so New Zealand coverage expands without inventing PCB, firmware, display, radio, NFC, or CTF behavior.
Source note: Kiwicon 9 home/news and HQ pages.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a conference identity artifact so Kiwicon coverage expands without unsupported hardware or firmware claims.
Source note: Kiwicon X home/news and about pages.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is intentionally modeled as a conference identity artifact so New Zealand coverage expands without inventing hardware, firmware, RF, CTF, or PCB claims.
Source note: Kiwicon 2038AD home/news page and FAQ.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The record keeps the Kawaiicon badge as a material identity artifact rather than upgrading it into a PCB badge without evidence.
Source note: Kawaiicon badges page, FAQ, and about page.
identity-artifact classification · official source · documented
The entry is modeled as a glow-in-the-dark identity artifact and avoids unsupported PCB, firmware, display, radio, NFC, or CTF claims.
Source note: Purplecon 2018 diary and home page.
identity-artifact classification · official source but no technical archive · documented
The catalogue models the 2018 item as a conference identity/admission artifact and avoids upgrading sponsor and volunteer evidence into unsupported electronics claims.
Source note: Nullcon Goa 2018 sponsors page, volunteer page, schedule, venue page, and archive.
identity-artifact classification · source-backed but narrow · documented
The catalogue models the item as a narrow speaker identity artifact and avoids unsupported hardware claims.
Source note: NotPinkCon PaperCall CFP.
identity-artifact classification · primary writeups · documented
The entry is modeled as an identity-card badge artifact and avoids unsupported electronics claims.
Source note: Security-Bits Hacker ID Card page, H2HC custom-card production post, and Need a New ID? follow-up.
identity-artifact classification · source-backed but incomplete · documented
The badge is classified conservatively as a VIP identity/swag artifact, not as an electronic conference badge.
Source note: 8.8 Reloaded announcement coverage.
identity-artifact evidence boundary · primary source but sparse post-date page · needs post-event artifact source
The compendium can list the source-backed identity artifact while avoiding unsupported hardware claims until post-event photos, guide material, or organizer documentation appears.
Source note: UnknownCon 2026 event page and sponsor deck.
image provenance · Wikimedia Commons license metadata and visible DEF CON I Human badge text · licensed original replacement applied
The entry now has a real rights-cleared documentary-photo derivative while avoiding generated art, placeholder imagery, and reuse of the rights-limited official DEF CON media-server badge photo.
Source note: Wikimedia Commons File:HackerCon Badges.jpg, DEF CON 1 source trail, and badge.gallery image policy.
image provenance · Wikimedia Commons public-domain metadata · cleared
The entry has a real rights-cleared documentary photo without introducing generated, placeholder, or uncleared imagery.
Source note: Wikimedia Commons File:DC13 Badge.jpg.
image provenance · Flickr license metadata · licensed original replacement applied
The entry now has a real rights-cleared documentary photo without copying Grand Idea Studio's all-rights-reserved project-page images, generated art, or placeholders.
Source note: Flickr photo page for DefCon 14 2006 and badge.gallery image policy.
image provenance · source-backed · licensed original replacement applied
The entry now has a rights-cleared original documentary photo while preserving the rule against copying Grand Idea Studio all-rights-reserved project-page images, press imagery, generated art, placeholders, or social-media scrapes.
Source note: Flickr photo 3793067350 structured metadata, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license page, and badge.gallery image policy.