EOS, the seventh-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, is expected to have its first consensus upgrade on Sept. 23, as EOS block producers (BPs) have agreed to activate EOSIO v1.8 on the EOS mainnet on this date.

According to EOS Nation, a major BP, the upcoming event is the largest upgrade to the EOS network since it was launched. It is also the first update to require a hard fork, which is a split of the source blockchain into two separate networks that will have their own transaction histories. EOS Nation says 29 of the 30 top BPs have committed to upgrading at publishing time.

Apart from small improvements in security and scalability, EOSIO developer company Block.one has reportedly simplified the operation of future hard forks.

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