Merge pull request #691 from ethereum/fixtapetest

remix-lib/package.json

 {
   "name": "remix-lib",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "Ethereum IDE and tools for the web",
   "contributors": [
     {

remix-lib/src/execution/execution-context.js

@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ function ExecutionContext () {
 
   this.blockGasLimitDefault = 4300000
   this.blockGasLimit = this.blockGasLimitDefault
-  setInterval(() => {
+  // removing the setinterval cause it cause tape test to hang and we don't need this.
+  // there's a copy of this file in remix-ide repo @TODO to refactor
   if (this.getProvider() !== 'vm') {
     web3.eth.getBlock('latest', (err, block) => {
       if (!err) {
@@ -197,7 +198,6 @@ function ExecutionContext () {
       }
     })
   }
-  }, 15000)
 
   // TODO: not used here anymore and needs to be moved
   function setProviderFromEndpoint (endpoint, context, cb) {