Bitcoin Lightning Network Launches Thunderbolt Station Reservation, Institutions and Accredited Users Can Lock in First Round Earnings Allowance

BlockBeats News, July 2, the Bitcoin Thunderbolt Network, led by early Bitcoin core developers and the Nubit team, officially opened the Thunderbolt Station today to reserve channels, with the $tsUSD token going live in the first stage. This allows institutions and accredited users to reserve network construction capacity and participate in mainnet revenue sharing.

The station will be opened gradually in three stages. Currently, users can lock in future construction capacity with the $tsUSD token, reserving support for BTC, USD1, and BRC-20, Runes, and other Taproot inscriptions as payment methods. This marks the first time that Bitcoin native assets have been used in a mainnet infrastructure participation scenario.

According to sources, multiple institutions, family offices, and investment firms have confirmed their participation, with the first round of cumulative interest expected to exceed $1 billion. The developer community is also exploring Thunderbolt Station, including innovative directions such as composite asset design, on-chain liquidity pools, and Bitcoin-native structured products. This mechanism is seen as a milestone event as the Bitcoin Thunderbolt Network ecosystem officially moves towards an open infrastructure collaboration stage.

As the only protocol currently on the Bitcoin mainnet that supports native acceleration and stablecoin settlement, the Thunderbolt Network has processed over 4 million on-chain transactions in its first two months, with the number of unique users exceeding 267,000. Previously, the Trump family's crypto project WLFI integrated its stablecoin USD1 into the Thunderbolt Network, becoming one of the first native settlement assets.

Furthermore, according to news from April 15, HSBC revealed 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 validation, with on-chain processing efficiency improved 1000–2000 times compared to the Bitcoin main chain. The Thunderbolt Network's Bitcoin Alpha mission has received project applications from over 50 teams, leveraging the Bitcoin Thunderbolt Network to provide faster payments and programming capabilities, ushering in the largest boom in the Bitcoin ecosystem in 12 years.