name: Litecoin Space REST API FinOps
description: The Litecoin Space public REST API is a free community service with
  no API fees. FinOps considerations are limited to self-hosted deployments and on-chain
  transaction costs.
costs:
  - name: Public API Usage
    description: Zero cost for calling the public litecoinspace.org REST API. No
      account registration, API key, or payment is required.
    type: free
    amount: 0
    currency: USD
  - name: Self-Hosted Deployment
    description: Operators who self-host ltcspace to avoid rate limits or ensure
      uptime incur infrastructure costs for a Litecoin Core full node (approximately
      22 GB storage) plus the ltcspace backend and frontend services.
    type: infrastructure
    unit: self-hosted
    notes: Runs on Docker or bare metal; a mid-tier VPS (~$20-40/month) is sufficient
      for moderate traffic.
  - name: On-Chain Transaction Fees
    description: The REST API itself is read-only. Posting transactions (via /api/tx)
      to the Litecoin network incurs miner fees. Average fee is 0.00003-0.0003 LTC
      per transaction (~$0.003-$0.03 USD at June 2026 prices).
    type: network-fee
    unit: LTC per transaction
    amountMin: 0.00003
    amountMax: 0.0003
    currency: LTC