I am trying to build a tool for checking the balance of wallets in various currencies. Currently I have found API's I can use for DogeCoin and BitCoin, but have not found an API for LiteCoin. Preferably it should be a public API(no API key requirements) and it should take a litecoin public address to check the balance.

Hello, I am an aspiring developers who is intrigued by crytocurrencies and wants to learn more about how Litecoin works.

I want to build Litecoin-QT for Windows as a first step towards modifying and improving the source code. I've done some research and it seems that gitian might be the way to go, but I can't get it to work.

My questions are: How are the release versions of Litecoin built by the developer team? How can I replicate the process?