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FAQ: remove event section (already explained elsewhere)

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What are ``event``'s and why do we need them?
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Let us suppose that you need a contract to alert the outside world when
something happens. The contract can fire an event, which can be listened to
from web3 (inside geth or a web application). The main advantage of events
is that they are stored in a special way on the blockchain so that it
is very easy to search for them.
Are timestamps (``now,`` ``block.timestamp``) reliable?
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