Because someone took the time to ask, this is not a “presale” for later delivery. These badges are shipping NOW.
The advantages to you, my worthy #badgelife devotees, are many. Mainly that you can fool yourself into thinking this badge is no longer included in your “badge budget” for Defcon. 🙂
Final firmware will be released on day 1 of Defcon, at which point the competition will begin. The firmware that we’re shipping now, which we lovingly refer to as “MVP” (Minimum viable product, I think someone called it?) has demos and other entertaining features. The final firmware will include the competition games. It’s easy to apply firmware later.
You can also use the time between now and DC32 to maybe write your own code and throw it on the badge. The instruction booklet includes pinouts, and help is available in our Discord server if you’re interested in pursuing that.