I'm trying to understand as much as I can, but one should also keep in mind that you don't have to understand it all to part of an economy, a platform or a system. Most people don't understand the fiat money economy very well, but still participate in it.

Of course, understanding helps a lot and putting hard-earned cash down for something you don't understand sounds like a recipe for disaster. This is exactly how bubbles get inflated and then popped - by investors that are way too casual and ignorant of their investment that are ready to overpay because of the hype, but are easily spooked at the first sign of trouble.

I will check out all of your links as I feel I'm still on the ignorant side of crypto.