Abstract The most difficult E-government systems which needs to be open, distributed, secured and privacypreserved. To deliver better government public services to the citizens, businesses, and employees effectively, efficiently and transparently, E- government uses information and communication technologies. The objective of this paper is to discuss the application of blockchain technology towards e-government. This theoretical paper explores the impact of blockchain technology on the evolution of e-government and public sector processes. To prevent fraud, and to establish trust in the public sector the blockchain technology records the transactions on decentralized distributed ledgers provide new opportunities for governments to improve transparency. The blockchain technology improves the privacy and information in which data are encrypted and distributed across the entire network. The adoption of blockchain based applications in e-Government is still very limited and there is a lack of experimental evidence according to results showed. This article discusses how blockchain technology can contribute to the development of e-government and public services and analyzes the framework, difficulties and challenges of applying blockchain to egovernment at present. Security, scalability and flexibility are the primary technological aspects that are faced as challenges in blockchain adoption.