It's simply a mechanism to allow trades to happen outside of the lit market, not much to do with ownership tracking. The DTCC still "owns" the shares and the br

It's simply a mechanism to allow trades to happen outside of the lit market, not much to do with ownership tracking. The DTCC still "owns" the shares and the brokers are keeping track of individual ownership. There may be a clearing house to facilitate trades between brokers. Dark pools are available to retail traders via some brokers but of course most are not that easy to get into. Its really no different than trading on the open market but there is less available information.