Tag dossier
Badge records tagged with DEF CON, across United States.
Official announcement and archive-photo documented pre-electronic name tag
A DEF CON 1 pre-electronic name-tag and paper-badge artifact documented by the official 1993 announcement, the official DEF CON I archive page, and the official DEF CON media-server badge photo.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic chest credential
A DEF CON 2 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON II archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Sahara Hotel and Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic waist credential
A DEF CON 3 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON III archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Tropicana Resort & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic chest credential
A DEF CON 4 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON IV archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic hanging credential
A DEF CON 5 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 5 archive page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Aladdin Hotel & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic conference credential
A DEF CON 6 physical access/identity credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 6 event page, and official DEF CON media-server photos from the Plaza Hotel & Casino.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic lanyard credential
A DEF CON 8 physical lanyard credential documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official DEF CON 8 event page, and official DEF CON media-server event photos from Alexis Park.
Official-photo documented pre-electronic lanyard badge
A DEF CON 9 physical lanyard badge documented by InfoconDB event metadata and official DEF CON media-server event photos from the Alexis Park conference.
Pre-electronic physical badge with corner-hole lore
A DEF CON 10 physical badge artifact documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official program's note about the badge form factor, and official DEF CON media-server badge images.
Official archive photographed pre-electronic identity badge
A DEF CON 11 human badge documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official program PDF, and official DEF CON media-server photos explicitly filed as DEF CON 11 badge images.
Unofficial forum identity badge
A community DEF CON 12 forum badge documented by the official forum thread as a printable avatar/nickname template, intended as an extra badge for forum members rather than the official attendee credential.
Public-domain photographed pre-electronic identity badge
A DEF CON 13 human badge documented by a public-domain Wikimedia Commons original photo and an official pre-conference DEF CON forum note that the 2005 badges were ready before registration.
First official DEF CON electronic badge
A Joe Grand-designed skull-shaped PCB badge for DEF CON 14, built around active electronics, open hackable circuitry, two blue LEDs, one button, seven soldermask role variants, and an official badge-hacking contest.
95-LED scrolling-text badge with capacitive controls
A Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio electronic badge for DEF CON 15, built around a Freescale MC9S08QG8, a 5-by-19 matrix of 95 LEDs, capacitive touch controls, customizable vertically scrolling text, persistence-of-vision behavior, and another official badge-hacking contest.
SD-card infrared file-transfer and TV-B-Gone badge
A DEF CON 16 electronic badge built as a hackable Freescale-based platform with SD-card storage, infrared file transfer, TV-B-Gone behavior, role-color variants, one-button state control, and published source, schematics, and development resources.
Sound-reactive RGB badge with MC56F8006 DSP
A Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio electronic badge for DEF CON 17, built around a Freescale MC56F8006 16-bit digital signal controller, an amplified MEMS microphone, an RGB LED, wired multi-badge communication, and a static serial bootloader.
Lithographed aluminum e-paper-style badge
A DEF CON 18 electronic badge built as polished hackable jewelry: lithographed aluminum, a low-power 128x32 Kent Displays cholesteric display, USB connectivity, role variants, and published badge-making materials.
Titanium non-electronic puzzle badge
A Ryan Clarke / 1o57 DEF CON 19 badge that intentionally stepped away from electronics and used a waterjet-cut commercially pure titanium physical artifact as the event credential, puzzle surface, role marker, and social-interaction prompt.
Propeller multicore IR puzzle and development badge
A Ryan Clarke-designed DEF CON 20 electronic badge manufactured by Parallax around the Propeller P8X32A multicore processor, infrared badge-to-badge communication, eight LEDs, USB programming, many physical variants, and a crypto/social badge challenge.
Non-electronic PCB playing-card puzzle badge
A Ryan Clarke-designed DEF CON 21 badge series built as poker-card printed circuit boards: non-powered identity artifacts whose copper, soldermask, silkscreen, inner-layer metal, role variants, and encoded face-card relationships formed a cryptographic and physical badge challenge.
Propeller 1 infrared puzzle and contest badge
A Parallax-built official DEF CON badge for DEF CON 22, based on the Propeller 1, infrared transmit/receive hardware, touch-pad buttons, LEDs, full USB programming, exposed I/O, and thirteen attendee-role styles.
Playable vinyl-record noir puzzle badge
A Ryan Clarke / 1o57-designed DEF CON 23 badge issued as an actual playable 7-inch vinyl record, with role-colored editions, printed mystery alphabets, inner-groove markings, lanyard ciphers, record audio, and a noir-themed badge challenge.
Unofficial DEF CON 24 STM32 and RFM69 badgelife badge
The AND!XOR DC24 Bender Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 24 badgelife badge with a Bender-shaped PCB, STM32F103 controller, OLED screen, RGB LEDs, RFM69W 433 MHz radio, USB serial terminal behavior, games, GPIO breakouts, and a public post-event hardware/software archive.
Electronic skull badge with Konami and serial puzzle paths
A Ryan Clarke / 1o57 DEF CON 24 electronic skull badge with a mini processor, buttons, LED eyes, printed codes, hidden-trace/silkscreen text, serial strings, lanyard data, conference-media files, and a badge challenge that used the Konami Code as an early visible hook.
Unofficial DEF CON 25 nRF52 BLE badge with BOTNET game
The AND!XOR DC25 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 25 badgelife board built around a Rigado BMD-300 / Nordic nRF52 module, color TFT, WS2812B LEDs, sensors, microSD, BLE smartphone integration, TCLish scripting, BYOB bling, CHIP8/SCHIP games, and a badge-to-badge BOTNET game.
Rubber identity badge in a badgelife breakout year
A DEF CON 25 official admission badge recorded in DEF CON feedback as a rubber or plastic identity badge, not an electronic puzzle board, paired historically with an unusually large wave of unofficial DEF CON 25 hardware badges and badge-maker coordination.
First Recon Village spy-silhouette badge
Recon Village's first Badge Life entry was The Original, a DEF CON 25 electronic badge with the village's spy-silhouette design, die-cut shape, hardwear.io lanyard, and foundation-of-tradition framing.
Unofficial DEF CON 26 ESP32-WROVER Wild West of IoT badge
The AND!XOR DC26 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 26 badgelife board themed as the Wild West of IoT, built around an ESP32-WROVER module with WiFi/Bluetooth, a color LCD, microSD, IS31FL3736-driven RGB lighting, CP2102N USB serial, LULZCODE scripting, the B.E.N.D.E.R. console challenge, and badge-to-badge networking ambitions.
Tymkrs electronic text-adventure badge
A Tymkrs / Toymakers official DEF CON 26 electronic badge with a PIC32MM0256GPM controller, reverse-mounted LEDs, capacitive controls, four-AA battery stack, USB serial interface, badge-to-badge connector, add-on header, and a retro text-adventure badge challenge.
Spy and skull Recon Village badge variants
Recon Village's DEF CON 26 badge entry, The Dual Design, used two official visual variants: a classic spy silhouette and a detailed skull design in a black-and-white aesthetic.
Unofficial DEF CON 27 nRF52840 hardware-hacking badge
The AND!XOR DC27 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 27 badgelife board built around a Rigado BMD-340 / Nordic nRF52840 core with an IS31FL3741 LED matrix, light pipes, glow-in-the-dark capacitive touch, USB-C, FT2232H hardware-hacking bridge, SWD/Tag-Connect programming paths, SAO 1.69bis support, BOTNET mesh behavior, and B.E.N.D.E.R. v2.0 challenges.
Crystal NFMI badge-game platform
A Grand Idea Studio DEF CON 27 badge built around NXP hardware with a KL27 ARM Cortex-M0+ controller, NFMI communication, quartz or crystal face details, role-specific badge identity, public firmware and schematics, and a conference-wide interaction game.
Membrane-keyboard ARG badge
The Queercon 16 Q Badge was an electronic DEF CON-adjacent social badge with a custom membrane keyboard, 2.9-inch e-paper display, RGB lighting, Bluetooth-capable TI CC2640R2 controller, Holtek LED driver, AA battery power, RJ12 6P6C badge-to-badge connector, and ARG mechanics across Q, C, and Handler badge roles.
Steampunk Recon LED-eye badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 27 badge entry, The Skull Badge, was a steampunk-recon skull-shaped PCB design with mechanical artwork, LED eye illumination, and a CREW staff variant.
Unofficial DEF CON 28 STM32F412 badge with BlackBerry keyboard CTF
The AND!XOR DC28 Badge was an unofficial DEF CON 28 Safe Mode badgelife board shipped through pandemic-era proxy drops, with an STM32F412RET6 MCU, 0.96 inch OLED, ST7735 128x160 TFT, APA-102C LEDs, BlackBerry Q10 keyboard, USB-C, Keystone 1020 battery holder, MyBASIC hardware scripting, and an embedded BENDERPISS CTF text adventure.
Cassette-tape puzzle badge
A LosT / 1o57-designed DEF CON 28 Safe Mode support badge built as an audio cassette in a jewel case, with puzzle material spread across the A/B tape audio, lanyard characters, printed liner notes, media-server contents, and DEF CON forum solving space.
RP2040 New Normal macro-pad badge
An MK Factor official DEF CON 29 electronic badge built around Raspberry Pi's RP2040, a 1.8-inch LCD, six-button D-pad surface, SAO connectors, USB-C, speaker, coin-cell plus USB power behavior, UF2 firmware updates, HID macro-pad mode, and a New Normal challenge path.
MK Factor musical keyboard badge
An MK Factor official DEF CON 30 musical badge with Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040-class hardware, a playable keyboard, display, speaker, audio input/output behavior, boot-mode and mass-storage update paths, and a music-and-pop-culture badge challenge spread across nine badge variants.
Circular global-surveillance badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 30 badge entry, The Radar Badge, was a circular radar-themed badge with a world-map overlay, teal and emerald styling, compass markings, and coordinate markings.
Mar Williams physical badge with SAO chamber
A Mar Williams / spuxo official DEF CON 31 physical badge produced for a deliberately non-electronic year, with the public pre-con badge news centered on a customization-friendly SAO slot and media-server add-on design assets.
Classic spy badge with speaker variant
Recon Village's DEF CON 31 badge entry, The Spy Silhouette, returned to the fedora silhouette with die-cut shape, LED illumination, a speaker-badge variant, and custom Recon Village lanyard.
DEF CON 31 youth-challenge ATtiny1614 LED badge
The Flux Decoder was a Social Engineering Community Youth Challenge badge for DEF CON 31, preserved through a public repository with KiCad board files, schematic material, and Arduino-style firmware for an ATtiny1614-powered flux-capacitor LED badge.
RP2040 CAN-bus badge with CHV SAO ecosystem
Car Hacking Village's DEF CON 32 badge ecosystem centered on a main RP2040 badge with CAN-network surfaces, four CHV SAO connectors, public board and firmware repositories, public CTF challenge notes, and IOActive's separately documented key-fob badge / SAO build.
RP2350 handheld-game badge
An official DEF CON 32 electronic badge built around Raspberry Pi RP2350 silicon, a handheld-game-style interface, LEDs, firmware archives, and a DEF CON 32 badge game whose GB Studio project files were published after the event.
Independent three-board LED badge with a later DEF CON 33 vendor-list trail
redactd's Tindie listing introduces Dante's Inferno as an electronic badge just in time for DefCon 32, inspired by the Dante's Inferno Room. It describes three connected circuit boards, special two-color solder mask on the top two boards, sixty LEDs, an included CR123A battery, a populated SAO v1.69bis port, custom-printed box, laser-cut foam insert, and lanyard. The same maker's public repository documents a USB/UF2 firmware-update procedure and a July 2024 v1.1 release for pre-sale 1.0/1.01 units. A Hacker Couture DEFCON 33 product list later repeats the $100 product and core three-board, sixty-LED, CR123A, and SAO claims. Together, these sources establish one source-backed independent 2024 DEF CON 32 artifact with a later 2025 vendor-list recurrence, not an official DEF CON credential, a second DC33 badge, confirmed distribution at either event, a complete electrical design, a licensed source-code archive, or reusable-image rights.
Unofficial ESP32-C3 handheld-style DEF CON 32 badge
The Hackbat Badge is an unofficial DEF CON 32 badgelife board documented by the Hackbat project page and GPL-3.0 GitHub repository, with ESP32-C3 Wi-Fi/BLE, OLED display, WS2812 LEDs, six buttons, AA-cell case support, and production files.
Multi-layer tactical recon badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 32 badge entry, The Recon Soldier, was a tactical-recon multi-layer PCB badge with red and blue LED eyes, 3D assembled design, and military helmet artwork.
Retrospectively documented independent ESP32-S3 electronic badge
Retia, LLC's public repository is currently named `DefconBadge2026`, but its immutable first source-release commit calls the project `DEF CON badge (2024)` and its README is titled `DEF CON Badge (2024) — ESP32-S3`. That source snapshot includes KiCad and fabrication material named `2024_def_con_badge_v1`, a badge photograph, and high-level hardware documentation. The official DEF CON archive identifies the 2024 event as DEF CON 32, so the record is attached to that existing edition as a retrospectively documented independent artifact; neither Retia nor DEF CON source reviewed here calls it an official Human badge, an attendee entitlement, or a confirmed event handoff.
Linux ADS-B badge with Winglet OS 2.0
Aerospace Village's DEF CON 33 badge record documents the DC32 ADS-B badge hardware returning for DC33 with new software, Winglet OS 2.0 release artifacts, DC33 SAO support, and an ADS-B accessory ecosystem.
SpiderOak workshop ESP32-S3 messaging board
Aerospace Village's DEF CON 33 workshop schedule documented a SpiderOak Aranya hands-on workshop where up to 20 attendees received free ESP32 badge-board hardware, flashed a distributed wireless messaging application, and kept the board afterward.
Afro-pick commemorative village badge
Blacks In Cybersecurity's official BIC Pick page documents a DEF CON 33 village badge designed as a red, green, and gold Afro pick celebrating the five-year anniversary of the BIC Village.
Compute Module 5 medical-AI badge
Biohacking Village's DEF CON 33 Distiller BHV badge was a CM5-based medical-AI badge built with SolaSec and PamirAI, combining local voice/chat interaction, e-ink UI, physical buttons, colored LEDs, battery power, and public BHV software branches.
Four-button, four-LED challenge badge
Bug Bounty Village's BBV Badge 2025 was a DEF CON 33 village challenge badge with four buttons, four corresponding LEDs, and a reward path for attendees who lit all four LEDs.
Layered-lens physical badge
An official DEF CON 33 non-electronic physical badge by Mar Williams, built around layered art, 3D image interactions, lenses, clue spotting around the con, and an Arts & Entertainment booth badge challenge.
RP2350A ICS security badge tool
The ICS Village Badge for DEF CON 33 was a FREE-WILi and Intrepid Control Systems sponsored hands-on industrial-control-security badge tool with RP2350A control, ESP32-C6 Wi-Fi, sensors, GUI support, USB API, WASM scripting, and Build-A-Badge customization software.
Electronic Cats OLED and nRF24L01 village badge
Electronic Cats' public La Villa Hacker 2025 Badge repository documents a village badge with OLED display, nRF24L01 radio, two-AAA power, Shitty Addon connector, KiCad hardware files, firmware sources, and a released VillaHacker.hex binary.
Limited LoRa mesh badge for DEF CON 33 pickup
Lonely Hackers Club's Meshtastic Badge 2025 was a limited 50-unit community badge offered for DEF CON 33 pickup, built around a Heltec Wireless Tracker V1.1 LoRa radio board, preconfigured LHC channel behavior, and attendee pairing workflows.
Pico 2 maritime bus and voltage-glitching badge
The Differential Destroyer was Maritime Hacking Village's official DEF CON 33 badge, published as an OSHWA-certified open hardware platform for maritime bus work, scripting, signal interaction, and experimental voltage glitching.
Unofficial badgelife robot-fighting badge set
NilbinSec's Hack 'Em Crack 'Em Robots was a DEF CON 33 badgelife release announced in the DEF CON #Badge Life forum, sold as a limited full-size badge set through RENXCHANGE, and listed in the DC33 community schedule as a badge drop.
DEF CON 33 RF badgelife badge with dual CC1101 radios
Rabbit-Labs and The Pirates' Plunder Badge was an independent DEF CON 33 collaboration badge that debuted at the Rabbit-Labs vendor booth, with public firmware options, an ESP32-S3-N16R8, two CC1101 433 MHz radios, an OLED, joystick controls, SDIO storage, and 32 WS2812B / NeoPixel LEDs.
Cyber Vigilance owl badge
Recon Village's DEF CON 33 badge entry, The Cyber Owl, was a cyberpunk owl electronic badge with intricate mechanical detail, metallic blue-gray finish, and glowing pink LED eyes.
RP2040 galvanic-vestibular badgelife badge
The Tipsy Badge was an independent DEF CON 33 electronic badge by seeess, sold at the Hacker Warehouse vendor booth, with public CC BY-NC 4.0 repository documentation, firmware, a badge photo, 2xAAA power, RP2040 control, TFT display, buttons, LEDs, SAO port, custom photo storage, and galvanic vestibular stimulation modes.
Independent RP2040-Zero firmware project; physical build and event handoff unverified
MadmanTimmy3241's public repository describes itself as DEF CON 34 'Agency' SAO badge firmware for a Waveshare RP2040-Zero, and its commit-pinned source header calls the sketch DEF CON 34 "Agency" badge - V2. The public Arduino/C++ tree contains current display, scrolling, button, switch, buzzer, and infrared source paths, while dated first-person commit messages report staged local hardware smoke, display, input, and buzzer testing. The source header simultaneously says handshake, infrared, and logging logic is not wired up yet. This is sufficient to retain a distinct, independent pre-event event-labelled firmware-project record, not proof of a completed board, an event badge run, a compatible SAO, a delivered unit, DEF CON authorization, admission use, or a reusable image.
Current $60 ATtiny1616 BadgeLife wand; DC34 handoff and final-unit parity unverified
Brooke's Bytes' live Uberflux listing identifies Agency Wand as an independently offered DEF CON 34 iteration of a wand-shaped badge first made for HackSpaceCon 2025. The current listing shows a $60 price, 19 remaining, 11 sold, PRE/DROP labels, and a DEF CON 34 BadgeLife Village drop listed for August 7 at 4 PM. It names an ATtiny1616, five reverse-mounted addressable LEDs, ambient/setup LEDs, two buttons, a CR2032, and exposed UART pins, while explicitly saying specifications and functionality may vary as fabrication and development continue. TrueControl's public documentation describes this as the second Wand iteration and publishes more DC34 hardware/firmware context, including a clearly labelled REV1 hardware-issue section. The sources support a distinct pre-event electronic badge record, not completed manufacture or handoff, DEF CON issuance or admission function, final stock/payment status, a universally safe device, final firmware parity, or reusable marketplace/repository images.
Current $10 three-flashing-red-LED SAO; handoff and host compatibility unverified
Brooke's Bytes' live Uberflux listing calls Badge Crown SAO a Crown Shitty Add-On for a conference badge. The current page shows a $10 price, 10 remaining, 20 sold, PRE/DROP labels, and a DEF CON 34 BadgeLife Village drop listed for August 7 at 4 PM. It describes a fully assembled SAO with one SAO connector, three flashing red LEDs, and three resistors; its own listing says no soldering, programming, or separate battery is required and tells users only to connect it to a compatible badge. Badge.Life separately schedules Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs in the same Friday 4 PM village slot. These sources establish a distinct pre-event electronic add-on record, not a documented pinout, voltage/current budget, universal host fit, completed sale or handoff, DEF CON issuance or credential role, or image reuse.
Published pre-event RP2354 BadgeLife village badge; allocation and handoff unverified
Badge.Life's public archive documents Badgey Bodgerton as the Badgelife Village Badge for DC34 / 2026. Its published guide names an RP2354 microcontroller with integrated flash, eight addressable RGB NeoPixel LEDs, three user buttons, one user-installed 3 mm challenge LED and polarized buzzer, USB-C power, USB CDC serial CLI, UF2 firmware flashing, a single-cell 18650 battery with charging and protection circuitry, two Simple Add-On v2 headers, and an infrared receiver. It also documents a supplied bodge-wire challenge and supplied LED/resistor/buzzer challenge parts. This establishes a distinct, technically documented pre-event BadgeLife village electronic badge, not proof that DEF CON designed, issued, or will distribute it; that it is a Human admission credential; that every participant receives one; that a final badge run, pickup, or delivery occurred; or that any displayed image is cleared for reuse.
Completed DEF CON ticket-verification conference identity artifact; handoff details remain unverified
Black Hat's official 2026 DEF CON-registration and attendee-resource pages say that a registrant who bought a DEF CON ticket through an eligible Black Hat pass receives a DEF CON symbol printed on their Black Hat badge. The person presents that marked badge during the August 6 pickup workflow, where staff hole-punch it as proof of pickup, but the sources do not identify the badge's material, artwork, barcode/QR/RFID/NFC/electronic form, broader access behavior, or completed handoff.
Current $80 RP2354 breadboard-prototyping badge; fulfillment unverified
Tw0nkus's live Uberflux listing calls Breadbadge a badge by day and a breadboard-prototyping tool by night. It identifies an RP2354A main MCU, INA3221 I2C voltage/current/power monitor, ST7789 SPI display, six WS2812 RGB LEDs, navigation joystick/back button, UART/UPDI/I2C/5 V/3.3 V/debug breakouts, and a Defcon34 drop. The same current listing displayed $80, five remaining, and four sold. Badge.Life's current DC34 Village schedule independently lists Bread Badge by Tw0nkus in its Friday 1:30 PM badge-drop slot. This is enough evidence for a distinct, independently offered pre-event electronic badge associated with DEF CON 34, not proof that DEF CON issued it, that it is an admission credential, that inventory/payment/fulfillment figures are final, that a drop or handoff occurred, or that marketplace images are cleared for reuse.
Public KiCad/Arduino DEF CON 34 project; production and distribution unverified
eggsactly's public `DC-34-Countdown-To-Singularity` repository explicitly calls itself KiCad 6 design files for a DEF CON badge that lets users display an estimate for when the AI singularity will occur. Its README names eight seven-segment displays, a real-time clock, front buttons for changing the estimate, a KiCad board tree, an Arduino firmware tree, and a BOM that includes an ATmega328P-PU, PCF8523T, seven 2×3 SAO connectors, three buttons, 9 V input/battery parts, and display/power components. This is a real, independently documented pre-event source project, not proof of an assembled run, a specific final unit, DEF CON authorization, allocation, sale, delivery, credential function, or a rights-cleared image.
Documented independent pre-event ESP32 RFID-kit badge; distribution unverified
The public `slash128v6/DC34_Cnet_Badge` repository documents a DC34-named electronic kit titled “DC34 CompuNet Badge - Malware Scan Tool 3000.” Its README has a banner reading “Join CompuNet & Critical Start at Defcon!” and lists a PCB, ESP32 Dev Module, round LCD, RFID reader, microSD reader/card, RGB LED, six-pin female SAO header, four-AAA battery holder, 3D-printed stand and slides, RFID sticker tags, plus a separate RGB-LED SAO. The public project tree includes hardware, software, SD-card assets, and a root MIT license. It is therefore a real, independently documented pre-event DEF CON 34-associated kit record, not evidence that DEF CON, CompuNet, or Critical Start authorized, made, issued, sold, or distributed it.
Completed electronic Human badge with Baochip, QR interaction, and post-event token conversion
DEF CON's official news confirms DEF CON 34 wrapped on August 10, 2026. Its official badge-help page now documents the issued electronic Human badge's post-conference conversion to a hardware security token, current firmware-update path, public source-code links, and the in-conference encrypted-QR light-pattern exchange. The official July 31 reveal names Bunnie Huang as creator and Baochip as the inspectable silicon platform, while the public core-module KiCad archive and `dc34-vault` source provide a specific hardware and software trail. This establishes a completed official badge record without treating later public source as a production ledger or a reusable-image grant.
Independent LED/2×3-header SAO source project; physical build and host compatibility unverified
The public narengogi/defcon-34-shitty-add-on repository describes itself only as an SAO for DEF CON 34. Its single commit contains a native KiCad project, board, schematic, Gerber outputs, an archive, and vector artwork; the board source includes DC 34 and narengogi silkscreen text, a 2×3 generic connector, and LED/resistor-labelled source entries. That is enough to preserve an independent, source-only pre-event add-on project whose formal product name is not published. It is not evidence of a fabricated board, a specific SAO version or pinout, working electronics, a compatible host, a DEF CON or BadgeLife relationship, a sale or giveaway, attendee delivery, a credential function, or a reusable image.
Maker-published physical silent-disco badge; organizer role and handoff unverified
LastZactionHero's public repository is titled DEF CON Silent Disco Badge and documents a wearable electronic badge that plays local DJ mixes, drives a music-linked light show, and syncs badge-to-badge over infrared. Its August 4 maintainer update says the boards were fabricated, assembled, and playing music, and that every badge's QR silkscreen points to the repository. The public archive contains KiCad design and fabrication material, firmware, and a MIT license, sufficient to record a distinct maker-published physical DEF CON 34-associated artifact. No reviewed DEF CON, venue, silent-disco organizer, sales, or handoff source establishes official issuance, a run size, recipient allocation, or completed event distribution.
Sold-out RP2040, LoRa, NFC, and LED community-event badge preorder
DEFCON Furs' official 2026 site and Hack Your Lives donation-store listing identify a distinct 2026 #badgelife badge for the DEF CON 34 period. The currently sold-out listing describes an assembled badge plus a blank PCB, an RP2040, LoRa radio, NFC, 48 RGB LEDs, MicroPython, touch points, and an SAO 1.69bis interface. It says paid orders will be assembled and shipped by September 30, while blanks were offered for in-person DEF CON pickup. Those are organizer-published preorder and planned-fulfillment statements, not proof that every order shipped, that each unit has the described final configuration, or that a specific recipient collected one.
Completed independent three-radio ESP32-S3 RF-awareness badge
The public Friend or Foe project archive documents a three-board ESP32-S3 badge shown at DEF CON 34 Packet Hacking Village. Its hardware documentation records a 45-badge DEF CON run and the project root describes a wearable, passive RF-awareness platform with an uplink/display controller and dedicated BLE and Wi-Fi scanner boards. Packet Hacking Village's official DEF CON 34 programme independently establishes the completed village setting and the Friend or Foe presentation. These sources establish a completed independent electronic project, not an official DEF CON Human badge, conference-wide handout, admission credential, or recipient ledger.
Maker-published planned SSTV badge project for HRV/DEF CON 34; physical unit unverified
The public `livitup/hrv-sstv-badge` repository describes itself as building an SSTV #badgelife badge for HRV at DEFCON 34. Its commit-pinned source contains a project README, native KiCad board files, and a status document dated March 22, 2026 that still records design and prototype milestones rather than a shipped unit. Ham Radio Village's own page independently confirms its DEF CON 34 event in Las Vegas on August 6-9, 2026, but does not identify or endorse this project. The sources therefore support a publicly documented planned independent electronic-badge project associated with HRV/DEF CON 34, not an HRV- or DEF CON-issued artifact, ticket benefit, access credential, completed unit, allocation, delivery, or rights-cleared image.
Current $10 no-MCU CR2032 flashing-LED soldering kit; handoff and assembly outcome unverified
Brooke's Bytes' live Uberflux listing calls Hacker Boba a beginner-friendly Hacker Boba PCB Badge Kit. The current page shows a $10 price, 17 remaining, 33 sold, PRE/DROP labels, and a DEF CON 34 BadgeLife Village drop listed for August 7 at 4 PM. It lists a Hacker Boba PCB badge, keychain, power switch, CR2032 holder and included CR2032, three flashing RGB LEDs, and three resistors; it says the DIY kit arrives unsoldered, needs basic soldering supplies, has no microcontroller or firmware, and includes a QR code that opens a Google Maps Boba Shop search. Badge.Life separately schedules Brookes Bytes Badge and SAOs in the same Friday 4 PM slot. This supports a distinct pre-event electronic kit record, not a completed sale or assembly, DEF CON issuance or admission role, electrical-safety validation, a hardware-design release, or reusable listing images.
Completed independent RP2040 CRT-TV Simple Add-On
INSPECTRON 34 is an independent retro-CRT television-shaped Simple Add-On documented by its maker's post-conference public repository. The project records an RP2040, 16 MB flash, 1.14-inch ST7789V display, CircuitPython, USB-drive GIF loading, a DC34 right-port SAO design, and a completed DEF CON 34 run of about 20 sold boards. The post-conference handoff identifies V5 as the current released firmware. It is not an official DEF CON Human badge or admission credential.
Source-published 15-pixel touch SAO firmware project; physical artifact and handoff unverified
Punk Security's public repository calls its Arduino sketch "the firmware for the OWASP DefCon 34 SAO." Its final public source snapshot provides an actual `main.ino` rather than an event-labelled name alone: it defines 15 addressable RGB pixel positions, three PTC capacitive-touch nodes, and a README that says the SAO header exposes UPDI for reprogramming. This clears the catalogue threshold for a named, source-published pre-event electronic add-on project. It does not establish a final PCB, microcontroller, power path, exact SAO specification, fabricated unit, approved OWASP or DEF CON relationship, price, allocation, pickup, delivered handoff, credential function, or reusable image rights.
Public player-guide electronic challenge badge; allocation unverified
BigDawgDave's public GitHub repository describes itself as the public repository for a DEF CON 34 RM-Cyber challenge badge called The Shattered Shard. Its Player Guide tells participants to use an assigned badge with a charged battery, a local Wi-Fi/browser interaction, a data-capable USB cable, a serial terminal, and one labelled-jumper task. It is enough evidence to preserve a separately named, independently documented pre-event electronic challenge badge, but it does not prove the RM-Cyber relationship, organizer authorization, hardware provenance, sale or giveaway, run size, allocation, physical handoff, completed on-site use, admission function, or a rights-cleared image.
Maker-documented ATtiny1604 soldering-challenge Simple Add-On
NerdFlare's public repository describes a 2026 iFixit Shitty Add On (SAO), while its repository description labels the project an iFixit DEFCON 2026 SAO. The commit-pinned README documents a physical PCB art badge with multiple LED animations, an interactive surface-mount soldering challenge, user-programmable firmware, an ATtiny1604-SS target, PlatformIO/Arduino code, and KiCad design files. A dated July 18 source commit says "Version 0.1 - FINAL: art, code, and PCB. 1000 made for DEFCON34." Those are direct project-publisher statements sufficient to retain a distinct pre-event DEF CON 34 artifact, but not proof of organizer issuance, iFixit corporate publication, event authorization, attendee allocation, actual handoff, admission function, a final unit-by-unit configuration, or reusable-image rights.