Bitcoin Lightning Network Opens Thunderbolt Station Reservation, Institutions and Eligible Users Can Lock in First Round Earnings Limit

July 7th. According to official channels, the Bitcoin Thunderbolt Network, which is led by early Bitcoin Core developers and the Nubit team, officially opened its Thunderbolt Station today to reserve channels. In the initial stage, the tsUSD token was officially launched, enabling institutions and eligible users to reserve network construction capacity and participate in the distribution of mainnet rewards. The station will be opened in three phases. Currently, users can lock in future construction capacity by using the tsUSD token and reserve support for BTC, USD1, and Taproot script assets such as BRC-20 and Runes as payment methods. This marks the first time that Bitcoin native assets have been utilized in a mainnet infrastructure participation scenario. According to insiders, several institutions, family offices, and investment institutions have confirmed their participation. The total interest in the first round is expected to exceed $1 billion. The developer community is also conducting research around the Thunderbolt Station, including innovative directions such as composite asset design, on-chain liquidity pools, and Bitcoin-native structured products. This mechanism is regarded as a milestone event in the formal transition of the Bitcoin Thunderbolt Network ecosystem to the stage of open infrastructure collaboration. As the only protocol currently on the Bitcoin mainnet that supports native acceleration and stablecoin settlement, the Thunderbolt Network has processed more than 4 million on-chain transactions in the first two months of its online operation, with a user base exceeding 267,000. Previously, the crypto project WLFI of the Trump family had its stablecoin USD1 integrated into the Thunderbolt Network, becoming one of the first native settlement assets. Furthermore, according to news from April 15th, HSBC Bank disclosed that the Bitcoin Thunderbolt Network has introduced UTXO Bundling and OP_CAT instructions through a mainnet soft fork, supporting native asset issuance and high-frequency transaction verification. The on-chain processing efficiency has been improved by 1000-2000 times compared to the Bitcoin main chain. The Bitcoin Alpha task system of the Thunderbolt Network has received project applications from more than 50 teams in the first phase. By leveraging the Lightning Network, it provides faster payments and programmability, ushering in the largest period of prosperity in the Bitcoin ecosystem in 12 years.