Blockkedjeteknik för Aktieböcker : Ett Koncepttest

Sammanfattning: Shareholder Registers provide vital information about ownership structures in corporations and are of interest for a diverse set of stakeholders such as the Swedish Companies Registration Office (and its international equivalences), stockholders, the SEC to name a few. Eventhough the information is public and the interest is high, transparency is limited. Blockchain technology offers a unique set of benefits that can help enhance transparency and security in shareholder registers. Therefore, this thesis aims to investigate how shareholder registers can benefit from blockchain technology by implementing a proof-of-concept and conducting a market analysis. The proof of concept consists of a small-scale implementation of a blockchain network with essential functionality meant to simulate a shareholder register. The market analysis was conducted through interviews with executives from several companies. There is good reason to believe blockchain technology has a future in shareholder registers. The decentralied nature of blockchain implies that it can be leveraged to provide security and transparency benefits that contemporary alternatives cannot. The Proof of concept proves that it can be done conceptually and the market analysis shows that there is demand for it that has not been filled by other alternatives.