According to PANews, 071labs has announced a strategic investment in Nubit, a core infrastructure project aimed at expanding Bitcoin's scalability, usability, and openness. Nubit has played a significant role as a core contributor in developing Thunderbolt, a native Bitcoin soft fork. Thunderbolt utilizes key technologies such as UTXO bundling and OP_CAT to significantly increase Bitcoin's transaction throughput, enabling native support for on-chain applications like smart contracts, asset issuance, and DeFi.
As of July 2025, Thunderbolt's mainnet has processed over 4 million transactions, with more than 5,000 daily active users.