diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/Header/ProfileHeaderViewController.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/Header/ProfileHeaderViewController.swift
index 2088df72f..ff408d54e 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/Header/ProfileHeaderViewController.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/Header/ProfileHeaderViewController.swift
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ extension ProfileHeaderViewController {
         } else if bannerContainerBottomOffset < containerSafeAreaInset.top {
             // 3
             // banner bottom pin to navigation bar bottom and
-            // the `progress` growth to 1 then segemented control pin to top
+            // the `progress` growth to 1 then segmented control pin to top
             bannerImageView.frame.origin.y = -containerSafeAreaInset.top
             let bannerImageHeight = bannerContainerInWindow.size.height + containerSafeAreaInset.top + (containerSafeAreaInset.top - bannerContainerBottomOffset)
             bannerImageView.frame.size.height = bannerImageHeight
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ extension ProfileHeaderViewController {
             setProfileBannerFade(alpha: 1)
         }
     }
-    
+
     private func setProfileBannerFade(alpha: CGFloat) {
         profileHeaderView.avatarImageViewBackgroundView.alpha = alpha
         profileHeaderView.avatarImageView.alpha = alpha
diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/Header/View/ProfileHeaderView.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/Header/View/ProfileHeaderView.swift
index 2b938bac9..f9f2e98d4 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/Header/View/ProfileHeaderView.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/Header/View/ProfileHeaderView.swift
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@ final class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
         imageView.accessibilityIgnoresInvertColors = true
         return imageView
     }()
-    let bannerImageViewOverlayView: UIView = {
-        let overlayView = UIView()
+
+    // known issue:
+    // in iOS 14 blur maybe disappear when banner image moving and scaling
+    static let bannerImageViewOverlayBlurEffect = UIBlurEffect(style: .systemMaterialDark)
+    let bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView: UIVisualEffectView = {
+        let overlayView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: nil)
         overlayView.backgroundColor = ProfileHeaderView.bannerImageViewOverlayViewBackgroundNormalColor
         return overlayView
     }()
@@ -79,6 +83,9 @@ final class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
         editAvatarBackgroundView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black.withAlphaComponent(0.6)
         editAvatarButton.tintColor = .white
     }
+
+    static let avatarImageViewOverlayBlurEffect = UIBlurEffect(style: .systemUltraThinMaterialDark)
+    let avatarImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: nil)
     
     let editAvatarBackgroundView: UIView = {
         let view = UIView()
@@ -226,13 +233,13 @@ extension ProfileHeaderView {
         bannerImageView.frame = bannerContainerView.bounds
         bannerContainerView.addSubview(bannerImageView)
         
-        bannerImageViewOverlayView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
-        bannerImageView.addSubview(bannerImageViewOverlayView)
+        bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
+        bannerImageView.addSubview(bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView)
         NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
-            bannerImageViewOverlayView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bannerImageView.topAnchor),
-            bannerImageViewOverlayView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bannerImageView.leadingAnchor),
-            bannerImageViewOverlayView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bannerImageView.trailingAnchor),
-            bannerImageViewOverlayView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bannerImageView.bottomAnchor),
+            bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bannerImageView.topAnchor),
+            bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bannerImageView.leadingAnchor),
+            bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bannerImageView.trailingAnchor),
+            bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bannerImageView.bottomAnchor),
         ])
 
         // avatar
@@ -253,6 +260,15 @@ extension ProfileHeaderView {
             avatarImageView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: ProfileHeaderView.avatarImageViewSize.width).priority(.required - 1),
             avatarImageView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: ProfileHeaderView.avatarImageViewSize.height).priority(.required - 1),
         ])
+
+        avatarImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
+        avatarImageViewBackgroundView.addSubview(avatarImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView)
+        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
+            avatarImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: avatarImageViewBackgroundView.topAnchor),
+            avatarImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: avatarImageViewBackgroundView.leadingAnchor),
+            avatarImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: avatarImageViewBackgroundView.trailingAnchor),
+            avatarImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: avatarImageViewBackgroundView.bottomAnchor),
+        ])
     
         editAvatarBackgroundView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
         avatarImageView.addSubview(editAvatarBackgroundView)
@@ -425,7 +441,7 @@ extension ProfileHeaderView {
             bioTextEditorView.isHidden = true
             
             animator.addAnimations {
-                self.bannerImageViewOverlayView.backgroundColor = ProfileHeaderView.bannerImageViewOverlayViewBackgroundNormalColor
+                self.bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.backgroundColor = ProfileHeaderView.bannerImageViewOverlayViewBackgroundNormalColor
                 self.nameTextFieldBackgroundView.backgroundColor = .clear
                 self.editAvatarBackgroundView.alpha = 0
             }
@@ -441,7 +457,7 @@ extension ProfileHeaderView {
             editAvatarBackgroundView.alpha = 0
             bioTextEditorView.backgroundColor = .clear
             animator.addAnimations {
-                self.bannerImageViewOverlayView.backgroundColor = ProfileHeaderView.bannerImageViewOverlayViewBackgroundEditingColor
+                self.bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.backgroundColor = ProfileHeaderView.bannerImageViewOverlayViewBackgroundEditingColor
                 self.nameTextFieldBackgroundView.backgroundColor = Asset.Scene.Profile.Banner.nameEditBackgroundGray.color
                 self.editAvatarBackgroundView.alpha = 1
                 self.bioTextEditorView.backgroundColor = Asset.Scene.Profile.Banner.bioEditBackgroundGray.color
diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
index 57b677a71..fd14f9830 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/ProfileViewController.swift
@@ -527,7 +527,18 @@ extension ProfileViewController {
                 self.profileSegmentedViewController.pagingViewController.isScrollEnabled = needsPaingEnabled
             }
             .store(in: &disposeBag)
-
+        viewModel.needsImageOverlayBlurred
+            .receive(on: RunLoop.main)
+            .sink { [weak self] needsImageOverlayBlurred in
+                guard let self = self else { return }
+                UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.33) {
+                    let bannerEffect: UIVisualEffect? = needsImageOverlayBlurred ? ProfileHeaderView.bannerImageViewOverlayBlurEffect : nil
+                    self.profileHeaderViewController.profileHeaderView.bannerImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.effect = bannerEffect
+                    let avatarEffect: UIVisualEffect? = needsImageOverlayBlurred ? ProfileHeaderView.avatarImageViewOverlayBlurEffect : nil
+                    self.profileHeaderViewController.profileHeaderView.avatarImageViewOverlayVisualEffectView.effect = avatarEffect
+                }
+            }
+            .store(in: &disposeBag)
         
         profileHeaderViewController.profileHeaderView.delegate = self
     }
diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/ProfileViewModel.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/ProfileViewModel.swift
index 2d4bc429c..223a12215 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/ProfileViewModel.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/Profile/ProfileViewModel.swift
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class ProfileViewModel: NSObject {
 
     let needsPagePinToTop = CurrentValueSubject<Bool, Never>(false)
     let needsPaingEnabled = CurrentValueSubject<Bool, Never>(true)
+    let needsImageOverlayBlurred = CurrentValueSubject<Bool, Never>(false)
     
     init(context: AppContext, optionalMastodonUser mastodonUser: MastodonUser?) {
         self.context = context
@@ -148,13 +149,22 @@ class ProfileViewModel: NSObject {
         }
         .store(in: &disposeBag)
 
-        Publishers.CombineLatest(
+        let isBlockingOrBlocked = Publishers.CombineLatest(
             isBlocking,
             isBlockedBy
         )
-        .map { !($0 || $1) }
-        .assign(to: \.value, on: needsPaingEnabled)
-        .store(in: &disposeBag)
+        .map { $0 || $1 }
+        .share()
+
+        isBlockingOrBlocked
+            .map { !$0 }
+            .assign(to: \.value, on: needsPaingEnabled)
+            .store(in: &disposeBag)
+
+        isBlockingOrBlocked
+            .map { $0 }
+            .assign(to: \.value, on: needsImageOverlayBlurred)
+            .store(in: &disposeBag)
 
         setup()
     }