It has to be on the record
Every card cites public reporting, court records, conference talks or the person’s own writing. No rumours, no scene folklore presented as fact.
Series Two In progress
Hacking Legends
The second set. Phone phreaks, worm authors, disclosure architects and the defenders who cleaned up after all of them — 30 cards for the people who found the holes in the software the world runs on.
This set is being built in public. Copy is drafted, stats are in flux, and 30 of 30 cards are illustrated so far. What you see below is the working roster.
The working roster
30 names, so far
Tap a card for the full scouting report. Nothing here is final until the set is frozen — argue with any of it on GitHub.
Selection
What earns a card
Something changed after them
A protocol got patched, a law got written, an industry got built, or a generation copied the technique. Notoriety alone does not earn a card.
Convictions get printed too
Several legends in this set went to prison. The cards say so plainly. Documenting a history is not endorsing every part of it.
Who are we missing?
Series Two is community-curated in the open, exactly like Series One. Nominate a legend, challenge a stat line, or rewrite a scouting report — every card starts as a pull request.