diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/EventExplorerCard.tsx b/dashboard/src/components/EventExplorerCard.tsx
index 3e2857dd..30c863ee 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/EventExplorerCard.tsx
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/EventExplorerCard.tsx
@@ -12,28 +12,47 @@ function shortenAddress(address: string) {
   return `${address.slice(0, 6)}...${address.slice(-4)}`;
 }
 
-interface EventExplorerCardProps {
+export interface EventExplorerCardProps {
   event: BlockchainEvent;
-  onCopyContract: (contractAddress: string) => void;
-  isCopied: boolean;
+  onCopyContract?: (contractAddress: string) => void;
+  isCopied?: boolean;
   onSelect?: (event: BlockchainEvent) => void;
   contractStatuses?: ContractStatus[];
 }
 
-export function EventExplorerCard({
+export const EventExplorerCard = memo(function EventExplorerCard({
   event,
   onCopyContract,
-  isCopied,
+  isCopied = false,
   onSelect,
   contractStatuses = [],
 }: EventExplorerCardProps) {
-  const contractStatus = contractStatuses.find((c) => c.address === event.contractAddress);
+  const contractStatus = contractStatuses.find(
+    (status) => status.address === event.contractAddress,
+  );
   const isPaused = contractStatus?.paused ?? false;
   const label = event.eventName ?? event.type;
   const badgeClass = getEventKindClass(event.type);
   const kindLabel = getEventKindLabel(event.type);
   const isUnknown = !isKnownEventType(event.type);
 
+  const handleCopyClick = useCallback(() => {
+    onCopyContract?.(event.contractAddress);
+  }, [onCopyContract, event.contractAddress]);
+
+  const handleKeyDown = useCallback(
+    (keyboardEvent: KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+      if (!onSelect) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (keyboardEvent.key === 'Enter' || keyboardEvent.key === ' ') {
+        keyboardEvent.preventDefault();
+        onSelect(event);
+      }
+    },
+    [onSelect, event],
+  );
+
   return (
     <article
       className={`event-explorer__row${onSelect ? ' event-card--clickable' : ''}`}
@@ -42,16 +61,7 @@ export function EventExplorerCard({
       data-event-id={event.eventId}
       data-event-type-known={isUnknown ? 'false' : 'true'}
       onClick={onSelect ? () => onSelect(event) : undefined}
-      onKeyDown={
-        onSelect
-          ? (e) => {
-              if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
-                e.preventDefault();
-                onSelect(event);
-              }
-            }
-          : undefined
-      }
+      onKeyDown={onSelect ? handleKeyDown : undefined}
       aria-label={onSelect ? `View details for ${label} notification` : undefined}
     >
       <div className="event-explorer__cell" data-label="Contract" role="cell">
diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/EventExplorerTable.virtualization.test.tsx b/dashboard/src/components/EventExplorerTable.virtualization.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e281b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/EventExplorerTable.virtualization.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { fireEvent, render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from '@jest/globals';
+import { EventExplorerTable, ROW_HEIGHT } from './EventExplorerTable';
+import { generateMockEvents } from '../utils/eventData';
+import type { BlockchainEvent } from '../types/event';
+
+const EVENT_COUNT = 5000;
+const SCROLL_TARGET_INDEX = 50;
+
+function renderTable(events: BlockchainEvent[]) {
+  const utils = render(<EventExplorerTable events={events} />);
+  const body = utils.container.querySelector('.event-explorer__table-body');
+  if (!body) {
+    throw new Error('EventExplorerTable did not render its scrollable body.');
+  }
+  return { ...utils, body: body as HTMLElement };
+}
+
+function renderedEventIds(container: HTMLElement): string[] {
+  return Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.event-explorer__row')).map(
+    (row) => row.getAttribute('data-event-id') ?? '',
+  );
+}
+
+describe('EventExplorerTable virtualization', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    localStorage.clear();
+  });
+
+  it('renders only a window of rows for a 5,000 event dataset', () => {
+    const { container } = renderTable(generateMockEvents(EVENT_COUNT));
+
+    // jest.setup.cjs reports a 600px clientHeight for every jsdom element.
+    const rendered = renderedEventIds(container);
+    expect(rendered.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(rendered.length).toBeLessThan(100);
+    expect(rendered.length).toBeLessThan(EVENT_COUNT);
+
+    const spacer = container.querySelector('.event-explorer__table-spacer') as HTMLElement | null;
+    expect(spacer).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(spacer?.style.height).toBe(`${EVENT_COUNT * ROW_HEIGHT}px`);
+  });
+
+  it('moves the rendered window when the body scrolls', () => {
+    const { container, body } = renderTable(generateMockEvents(EVENT_COUNT));
+
+    const initialIds = renderedEventIds(container);
+    expect(initialIds[0]).toBe('event-0');
+
+    fireEvent.scroll(body, { target: { scrollTop: SCROLL_TARGET_INDEX * ROW_HEIGHT } });
+
+    const scrolledIds = renderedEventIds(container);
+    expect(scrolledIds.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(scrolledIds[0]).not.toBe(initialIds[0]);
+    expect(scrolledIds).toContain(`event-${SCROLL_TARGET_INDEX}`);
+  });
+
+  it('renders every row when the dataset already fits the viewport', () => {
+    const { container } = renderTable(generateMockEvents(5));
+    expect(renderedEventIds(container)).toHaveLength(5);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/dashboard/src/index.css b/dashboard/src/index.css
index bdf0eed6..5e053781 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/index.css
+++ b/dashboard/src/index.css
@@ -2952,6 +2952,30 @@ body.event-explorer--resizing {
   --event-explorer-columns: 1.5fr 1fr 0.8fr 1.3fr 0.8fr 1fr;
 }
 
+/* Windowed rendering (issue #652): the body becomes the scroll viewport and
+   only the visible slice of rows is mounted into the spacer. */
+.event-explorer__table-body--virtualized {
+  display: block;
+  position: relative;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  overscroll-behavior: contain;
+  max-height: min(70vh, 640px);
+}
+
+.event-explorer__table-spacer {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.event-explorer__virtual-row {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  height: 112px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
 .event-explorer__row {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: var(--event-explorer-columns, 1.5fr 1fr 0.8fr 1.3fr 0.8fr 1fr);