Messages
Messages, as defined in the yellow paper, are the data and value that are passed between two accounts. A message is a data packet passed between two accounts. This data packet contains data and value (amount of ether). It can either be sent via a smart contract (autonomous object) or from an external actor (externally owned account) in the form of a transaction that has been digitally signed by the sender.
Contracts can send messages to other contracts. Messages only exist in the execution environment and are never stored. Messages are similar to transactions; however, the main difference is that they are produced by the contracts, whereas transactions are produced by entities external (externally owned accounts) to the Ethereum environment.
A message consists of the components mentioned here:
Sender of the message
Recipient of the message
Amount of Wei to transfer and message to the contract address
Optional data field (Input data for the contract)
Maximum amount of gas that can be consumed...
