diff --git a/ethereum/VMSigner.js b/ethereum/VMSigner.js
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+import {sendETHTransaction} from '../vm-raw'
+const Wallet = require('./ethers').Wallet;
+const BN = require('./ethers').utils.BigNumber;
+
+/**
+ * @desc Submit ethereum transaction to pangea and sign / abort there
+ * @param provider
+ * @param address
+ * @constructor
+ */
+export default class VMSigner {
+
+    constructor(provider, address){
+        this.provider = provider;
+        this.address = address;
+    }
+
+    sign() {
+        throw new Error(`signing is currently not supported. Please use sentTransaction to sign and send a transaction.`)
+    }
+
+    signMessage(){
+        throw new Error(`signing messages is currently not supported`)
+    }
+
+    encrypt(){
+        throw new Error(`encrypting is not supported`);
+    }
+
+    getAddress(){
+        return this.address
+    }
+
+    sendTransaction(transaction){
+        return new Promise((res, rej) => {
+            sendETHTransaction(transaction, (signedTransaction, error) => {
+
+                if (error){
+                    return rej(error)
+                }
+
+                const parsedTX = JSON.parse(signedTransaction);
+
+                const tx = {
+                    nonce: parsedTX.nonce,
+                    gasPrice: new BN(parsedTX.gasPrice),
+                    gasLimit: new BN(parsedTX.gasLimit),
+                    to: parsedTX.to,
+                    value: new BN(parsedTX.value),
+                    data: parsedTX.data,
+                    v: parsedTX.v,
+                    r: parsedTX.r,
+                    s: parsedTX.s,
+                    chainId: parsedTX.chainId,
+                    from: parsedTX.from,
+                    hash: parsedTX.hash,
+                    wait: () => {
+                        return this.provider.waitForTransaction(parsedTX.hash);
+                    }
+                };
+
+                res(tx)
+
+            })
+        })
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/ethereum/VMSigner.test.js b/ethereum/VMSigner.test.js
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+import VMSigner from './VMSigner'
+import VM from '../vm-raw'
+const VMProvider = require('./VMProvider');
+const Wallet = require('./ethers').Wallet;
+const InfuraProvider = require('./ethers').providers.InfuraProvider;
+const ethersUtils = require('./ethers').utils
+
+jest.mock('../vm-raw', () => {
+    return {
+        sendETHTransaction: jest.fn()
+    }
+});
+
+describe('VMSigner', () => {
+
+    test('default setup', () => {
+
+        const provider = new VMProvider();
+        const address = "0x00";
+
+        const s = new VMSigner(provider, address);
+
+        expect(s.provider).toBe(provider);
+        expect(s.address).toBe(address);
+
+        expect(() => {
+            s.sign();
+        }).toThrowError('signing is currently not supported. Please use sentTransaction to sign and send a transaction.');
+
+        expect(() => {
+            s.signMessage()
+        }).toThrowError('signing messages is currently not supported');
+
+        expect(() => {
+            s.encrypt()
+        }).toThrowError('encrypting is not supported');
+
+        expect(s.getAddress()).toBe(address);
+
+    });
+
+    test('send transaction', (done) => {
+
+        const privateKey = "0x25c7d2908f8c428b58a889557f04194c80dc323c80a4d84fb33e891e6846784d";
+
+        const signWallet = new Wallet(privateKey);
+        signWallet.provider = new InfuraProvider('rinkeby');
+
+        // mock VM sendETHTransaction
+        // with real world send transaction
+        VM.sendETHTransaction = (data, cb) => {
+            signWallet
+                .sendTransaction(data)
+                .then((tx) => {
+
+                    tx.gasPrice = tx.gasPrice.toString(10);
+                    tx.gasLimit = tx.gasLimit.toString(10);
+                    tx.value = tx.value.toString(10);
+
+                    cb(JSON.stringify(tx), null)
+
+                })
+                .catch((err) => cb(null, err))
+        };
+
+        const provider = new VMProvider();
+
+        const s = new VMSigner(provider, signWallet.address);
+        s
+            .sendTransaction({
+                to: "0x3d0a6c2d781ebe1d464c1d45829aacc2827e716d",
+                value: ethersUtils.parseEther('0.0000000000000001')
+            })
+            .then((tx) => {
+
+                expect(tx.gasPrice.toString(10)).toBe("1000000000");
+                expect(tx.gasLimit.toString(10)).toBe("1500000");
+                expect(tx.to).toBe('0x3d0a6C2D781EBe1D464C1d45829aACc2827e716D');
+                expect(tx.value.toString(10)).toBe('100');
+                expect(tx.data).toBe('0x');
+                expect(tx.from).toBe(signWallet.address);
+                expect(typeof tx.hash).toBe('string');
+                expect(typeof tx.v).toBe('number');
+                expect(typeof tx.r).toBe('string');
+                expect(typeof tx.s).toBe('string');
+                expect(typeof tx.wait).toBe('function');
+
+                done()
+
+            })
+            .catch(done.fail)
+
+
+    })
+
+});