> But if a person reads a good book on, say, Bitcoin chain foundations, I am pretty sure they'd understand how it works.

On technological level? Yes. On the bullshit scam level with sixteen layers of new invented terminology? Most likely not.

And yes, cryptoworld is easier to understand precisely because it's unbelievably primitive once you pull apart hype, scams, and layers of indirection.

Edit: oh, it's also busy re-inventing most of the concepts that the world has had for centuries, and most people understand without needing to read books and whitepapers