# Pearl releases v1.4.1 and Wallet v2.0.5 for the salted noise-seed hard fork

https://www.learnpearl.org/news/pearl-v1-4-1-salted-noise-seed-hardfork/ · August 11, 2026 · Release

Upgrade coordination matters more than the version number: nodes, wallets, miners and pools must agree on the active rules.

> **Note.** Later releases have followed. The current versions are on the [live status page](https://www.learnpearl.org/live-status/).

## What shipped

Pearl Research Labs published core release v1.4.1 under the title “Salted Noise-seed hardfork”. The same day it published Pearl Desktop Wallet v2.0.5, with installers for Windows, macOS and Linux plus command-line programs.

The fork activated at block 99,000 on August 11, 2026, at 12:03 UTC. From that block, every certificate had to be V3: each commitment is first salted with a keyed BLAKE3 hash. Unlike June’s MoE fork, miners had to upgrade too; old miners produced invalid work from that height.

## What users should do

- Use the official release page rather than a copied download link.
- Match the installer to your operating system and processor.
- Back up the wallet seed before changing software.
- Confirm miners, pools and nodes all support the same network rules.
- Test a small send and receive after syncing.

## What the release note doesn’t establish

A hard-fork title identifies a consensus change, not its full effect on every third-party miner or pool. Operators should follow the linked changelog and the support channels of any software outside the official repository.

## Sources

- [Pearl v1.4.1 “Salted Noise-seed hardfork” release](https://github.com/pearl-research-labs/pearl/releases/tag/v1.4.1) (Pearl Research Labs, primary)
- [Official Pearl releases](https://github.com/pearl-research-labs/pearl/releases) (Pearl Research Labs, primary)