According to Odaily, the Axie Infinity community has proposed a new initiative to upgrade Axie & Land smart contracts through a hard fork. The proposal highlights that Axie asset holders often request a safer way to delegate Axie assets to minimize the risk to asset owners. After reviewing various smart contract methods in the crypto community, REP-015 was developed. However, implementing REP-015 requires a fundamental upgrade to the Axie smart contracts.

The Axie community convened a technical expert committee, including members Owl of Moistness, Maxbrand99, freak, Duke, and dw. They analyzed all available methods to upgrade the contract, aiming to deliver these features to users while minimizing risk. The committee unanimously recommended a hard fork on Ronin and direct contract modification. This action will include two upgrades: REP-015, to achieve stronger delegation features, and ERC1967, to avoid future hard forks when upgrading smart contracts in the future.