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New technologies and the new fields of management created by these technologies challenge the traditional roles of public administration and reveal new layers and roles of management. Blockchain technology is the subject of both scientific and industrial research as part of the rapid digital transformation that forms Industry 4.0. Despite the potential of blockchain technology to be implemented in the public sector, its impact on local governments is ignored. There is no interdisciplinary study on this subject in literature. Based on the telephone interviews held in December 2018 with the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul and the Kartal Municipality, this article suggests a non-technology-centric interdisciplinary research on the place of Blockzincir technology in local governments. This study has revealed that local governments have the need for different Blockchain design variables and that local governments have a gap in information about Blockchain technology. In this minvalde, the article offers a series of recommendations in terms of technology management and strategy management.