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Codebits was free for all attendees, including food and drinks, and had little commercial undertones apart from product announcements in the opening keynote. Active recruiting inside the premises was also disallowed. The number of seats was limited, so potential attendees had to apply for a ticket and undergo a screening process.

In 2015, Portugal Telecom was acquired by [[Altice (company)|Altice]], SAPO's mission changed, and Codebits was discontinued. In 2016, the event format was revived by another team of organizers under the name [[SAPO Codebits#Reboot: Pixels Camp|Pixels Camp]].

== Format ==

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==== Quiz Show ====

In the four weeks before the event, participants had to solve one challenge per-week to qualify for the quiz show. The challenges included image enigmas, treasure hunts, code golf contests, among others. They all shared a reasonably high level of difficulty and required a fair knowledge of geek culture and motivation. Qualified participants then went on stage on Friday night for a few rounds of questions, mostly about science, technology, and [[geek]] trivia.<ref name="Codebits Quiz Show 2010">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fszoqmgQMg8|title=SAPO Codebits Quiz Show (2010)}}</ref>.

==== Security CTF ====

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== Reboot: Pixels Camp ==

[[File:Pixels Camp 2016 project presentations.jpg|alt=Pixels Camp project presentations in 2016|thumb|360x360px|Participants presenting their projects at the first Pixels Camp in 2016 while others queue for their turn.]]

In 2016, a team composed mostly of SAPO ex-employees rebooted the event under the name '''Pixels Camp'''<ref name="Pixels Camp in Shifter, 2016">{{cite web|url=https://shifter.sapo.pt/2016/04/codebits-pixels-camp/|title=Das cinzas do Codebits, nasce o Pixels Camp. Estás preparado?}} Shifter, 2016</ref> while keeping the format more or less the same. Pixels Camp has had three editions so far, with the fourth edition having been canceled in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic.<ref name="Pixels Camp v4.0 canceled, 2020">{{cite web|url=https://blog.pixels.camp/about-pixels-camp-v4-0-6fd8b91cc8f2|title=About Pixels Camp v4.0}} Pixels Camp Blog, 2020</ref>. These editions were organized by [[Bright Pixel]] (a startup incubator and accelerator) but future editions, if any, are planned to be organized independently with a financing model still to be defined.

==== Pixels Camp Editions ====

* 2016<ref name="Pixels Camp 2016 in RTP">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GawH7LpTxZQ|title=Pixels Camp}} RTP, 2016</ref> — October 6-8 at [[LX Factory]], Lisbon — 1000 attendees

* 2017<ref name="Pixels Camp 2017 in Observador">{{cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2017/09/28/pixels-camp-traz-campismo-moedas-digitais-e-mais-de-mil-participantes-a-lisboa/|title=Pixels Camp traz campismo, moedas digitais e mais de mil participantes a Lisboa}} Observador, 2017</ref> — September 28-30 at [[Pavilhão Carlos Lopes]], Lisbon — 1200 attendees