Grin, the privacy-centric cryptocurrency is implementing its first hard fork upgrade that is backward-incompatible. It will bring some effective changes to the network of $60 million. This will make improvements for maximum miner decentralization and usability.

This implementation was planned before the launch of Grin. The Grin developers plan to execute four hard fork upgrades within two years. It will occur at regular six-month intervals with new features. This hard fork upgrade made all the updates efficient and quick. It stopped in its track that pushed the users to make their software updates. The upgrade was over within 9:45 UTC.

The Grin no further intends to continue with the old classical fork. It can result in network split and also declines any blocks past the hard fork height. The main change to the Grin network is a modification for one of its two mining algorithms.

It supports a mining algorithm that is compatible with GPUs and specialized hardware called ASICs. In spite of that, Wednesday’s fork does not encourage machinery for GPU-based algorithm. It wants to make sure that ASICs should not hold control over the Grin mining industry. Therefore, Wednesday’s update assures that the playing field will stay ASIC-proof for a brief period as per Grin’s protocol.

For the next hard fork, the developers will make other changes to the new mining algorithm within the next six months. They are planning to add payment channels to the network. It will enable two parties to make off-chain transactions.