Zoran Ćirić – University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics Subotica, Segedinski put 9-11, Subotica, Serbia
Otilija Sedlak – University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics Subotica, Segedinski put 9-11, Subotica, Serbia
Stojan Ivanišević – JKP Informatika Novi Sad, Bul. cara Lazara 3, Novi Sad, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2019.209

By cross-referencing benefits of blockchain technologies and critical issues and weak points
of smart city information systems, one may conclude that blockchain systems are just the right solution
for smart city information systems. However, this may not be true and applicable generally let alone
universally. Traditional information system requires an increased level of security and availability of
service when they have to be exposed to the public and used by the tens of thousands of inhabitants
within a city. On the other hand, blockchain technologies offer a completely new combination of technologies
to solve security and reliability issues as well as the availability of service and failsafe tolerance.
The scope of this work is to analyse literature as well as available use cases to detect areas of a
successful application for information systems that are using blockchain in the smart city.

Keywords

Blockchain, Smart City, Feasibility Study, Information Systems.

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