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CypherCon

Milwaukee hacker-conference lineage, represented by the source-backed 2017 TYMKRS Cube badge and a source-conservative 2026 ticket-form set: an interactive PCB badge, a separately described premium electronic/upgraded-PCB tier, and an analog plastic entry pass. The current 2026 sources establish ticket language and event completion while retaining final hardware, tier-relationship, fulfillment, and image-rights boundaries.

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Milwaukee hacker-conference lineage, represented by the source-backed 2017 TYMKRS Cube badge and a source-conservative 2026 ticket-form set: an interactive PCB badge, a separately described premium electronic/upgraded-PCB tier, and an analog plastic entry pass. The current 2026 sources establish ticket language and event completion while retaining final hardware, tier-relationship, fulfillment, and image-rights boundaries.

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Badges

Seeded records

CypherCon 2.0 · 2017

CypherCon 2017 Cube Badge

TYMKRS cubic mesh-network puzzle badge

The CypherCon 2.0 Cube was a three-dimensional electronic badge by TYMKRS, assembled from cube-edge PCBs with LEDs, microprocessors, buses, USB, battery charging, mesh-network behavior, text-adventure firmware, and a badge-to-badge programming premise.

CypherCon 9 (2026) · 2026

CypherCon 2026 Analog / Plastic Entry Pass

Official lanyard-and-plastic attendee identity artifact

CypherCon 9's official 2026 registration listing describes its Analog / Plastic Entry Pass as a lanyard and physical plastic entry pass supplied with a digital program. The official FAQ separately distinguishes analog tickets that redeem a plastic badge from the general electronic and limited premium badge forms, so this record remains an explicitly non-electronic identity artifact rather than an inferred PCB badge.

CypherCon 9 (2026) · 2026

CypherCon 2026 Digital / Circuit Badge

Official interactive PCB ticket-tier artifact; final build remains unarchived

CypherCon 9's official 2026 registration listing describes its Digital / Circuit Badge ticket tier as an interactive circuit-board PCB badge. The official FAQ distinguishes that general digital/PCB/electronic tier from limited Extreme/Ultimate and Analog ticket forms, while a public organizer-account timeline mirror records the April event opening and wrap. Those sources establish a real completed-event ticket artifact, not a component-level board specification or an individual fulfillment record.

CypherCon 9 (2026) · 2026

CypherCon 2026 Extreme Badge

Official premium electronic and upgraded-PCB ticket-tier artifact

CypherCon 9's official 2026 registration page separately advertised an Extreme Badge ticket tier with unique collectible electronic-badge wording and an exclusive upgraded-PCB feature. The official FAQ calls the limited VIP form an Extreme/Ultimate badge, but the recovered sources do not say whether it was a distinct physical board, an upgrade of the Digital / Circuit Badge, multiple artifacts, or a final fulfilled configuration.