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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ In Massa's smart contracts, events provide a way to emit runtime messages that c
In Massa, events are not stored in the blockchain ledger, meaning they are ephemeral. Therefore, events should not be used as a source of persistent data. Instead, they are suitable for temporary tasks such as monitoring, logging, or providing real-time feedback.
For use cases that require persistent data, storage should be used.

## Limits

In order to prevent high RAM usage and flooding, some limits are applied regarding to events:
* Maximum number of events in a smart contract: 25
* Message maximum size (in bytes): 512

## Emitting a custom event
To emit a custom event in a smart contract, you can use the generateEvent function (assuming this utility is available in your environment):

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