diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 7a0a6fabe2..3ab3c50a8c 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import { FramingService } from './framingService'
 import { MainView } from './app/panels/main-view'
 import { ThemeModule } from './app/tabs/theme-module'
 import { NetworkModule } from './app/tabs/network-module'
+import { Web3ProviderModule } from './app/tabs/web3-provider'
 import { SidePanel } from './app/components/side-panel'
 import { HiddenPanel } from './app/components/hidden-panel'
 import { VerticalIcons } from './app/components/vertical-icons'
@@ -267,6 +268,8 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
 
   // ----------------- network service (resolve network id / name) -----
   const networkModule = new NetworkModule(blockchain)
+  // ----------------- represent the current selected web3 provider ----
+  const web3Provider = new Web3ProviderModule(blockchain)
   // ----------------- convert offset to line/column service -----------
   const offsetToLineColumnConverter = new OffsetToLineColumnConverter()
   registry.put({api: offsetToLineColumnConverter, name: 'offsettolinecolumnconverter'})
@@ -300,7 +303,8 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
     networkModule,
     offsetToLineColumnConverter,
     contextualListener,
-    terminal
+    terminal,
+    web3Provider
   ])
 
   // LAYOUT & SYSTEM VIEWS
@@ -383,7 +387,7 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
     console.log('couldn\'t register iframe plugins', e.message)
   }
 
-  await appManager.activatePlugin(['contentImport', 'theme', 'editor', 'fileManager', 'compilerMetadata', 'compilerArtefacts', 'network', 'offsetToLineColumnConverter'])
+  await appManager.activatePlugin(['contentImport', 'theme', 'editor', 'fileManager', 'compilerMetadata', 'compilerArtefacts', 'network', 'web3Provider', 'offsetToLineColumnConverter'])
   await appManager.activatePlugin(['mainPanel', 'menuicons'])
   await appManager.activatePlugin(['home', 'sidePanel', 'hiddenPanel', 'pluginManager', 'fileExplorers', 'settings', 'contextualListener', 'scriptRunner', 'terminal'])
 
diff --git a/src/app/tabs/web3-provider.js b/src/app/tabs/web3-provider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88976e874e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/tabs/web3-provider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Plugin } from '@remixproject/engine'
+import * as packageJson from '../../../package.json'
+
+export const profile = {
+  name: 'web3Provider',
+  displayName: 'Global Web3 Provider',
+  description: 'Represent the current web3 provider used by the app at global scope',
+  methods: ['sendAsync'],
+  version: packageJson.version,
+  kind: 'provider'
+}
+
+export class Web3ProviderModule extends Plugin {
+  constructor (blockchain) {
+    super(profile)
+    this.blockchain = blockchain
+  }
+
+  /*
+    that is used by plugins to call the current ethereum provider.
+    Should be taken carefully and probably not be release as it is now.
+  */
+  sendAsync (payload) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.blockchain.web3().currentProvider.sendAsync(payload, (error, message) => {
+        if (error) return reject(error)
+        resolve(message)
+      })
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/ui/sendTxCallbacks.js b/src/app/ui/sendTxCallbacks.js
index 76dde8d6b6..02ed7e619c 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/sendTxCallbacks.js
+++ b/src/app/ui/sendTxCallbacks.js
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ const typeConversion = remixLib.execution.typeConversion
 const Web3 = require('web3')
 
 module.exports = {
-  getCallBacksWithContext: (udappUI, executionContext) => {
+  getCallBacksWithContext: (udappUI, blockchain) => {
     let callbacks = {}
     callbacks.confirmationCb = confirmationCb
     callbacks.continueCb = continueCb
     callbacks.promptCb = promptCb
     callbacks.udappUI = udappUI
-    callbacks.executionContext = executionContext
+    callbacks.blockchain = blockchain
     return callbacks
   }
 }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const confirmationCb = function (network, tx, gasEstimation, continueTxExecution
       cb(txFeeText, priceStatus)
     },
     (cb) => {
-      self.executionContext.web3().eth.getGasPrice((error, gasPrice) => {
+      self.blockchain.web3().eth.getGasPrice((error, gasPrice) => {
         const warnMessage = ' Please fix this issue before sending any transaction. '
         if (error) {
           return cb('Unable to retrieve the current network gas price.' + warnMessage + error)
diff --git a/src/app/ui/universal-dapp-ui.js b/src/app/ui/universal-dapp-ui.js
index 2299a290c3..59381cbd23 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/universal-dapp-ui.js
+++ b/src/app/ui/universal-dapp-ui.js
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ UniversalDAppUI.prototype.runTransaction = function (lookupOnly, args, valArr, i
   const functionName = args.funABI.type === 'function' ? args.funABI.name : `(${args.funABI.type})`
   const logMsg = `${lookupOnly ? 'call' : 'transact'} to ${args.contractName}.${functionName}`
 
-  const callbacksInContext = txCallBacks.getCallBacksWithContext(this, this.executionContext)
+  const callbacksInContext = txCallBacks.getCallBacksWithContext(this, this.blockchain)
 
   const outputCb = (returnValue) => {
     if (outputOverride) {
diff --git a/src/remixAppManager.js b/src/remixAppManager.js
index 8c3dcd6fa1..8ad89c7a46 100644
--- a/src/remixAppManager.js
+++ b/src/remixAppManager.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
 import QueryParams from './lib/query-params'
 
 const requiredModules = [ // services + layout views + system views
-  'manager', 'compilerArtefacts', 'compilerMetadata', 'contextualListener', 'editor', 'offsetToLineColumnConverter', 'network', 'theme', 'fileManager', 'contentImport', 'scriptRunner',
+  'manager', 'compilerArtefacts', 'compilerMetadata', 'contextualListener', 'editor', 'offsetToLineColumnConverter', 'network', 'theme', 'fileManager', 'contentImport', 'web3Provider', 'scriptRunner',
   'mainPanel', 'hiddenPanel', 'sidePanel', 'menuicons', 'fileExplorers',
   'terminal', 'settings', 'pluginManager']