Sue everyone who did not point you to this Realistic Integration Crash Course For Social Network Migrants To Steemit.com :)

(It is addressed at those who are here for the community, not the money, and only treats these peculiarities in passing. For example, it has a layman-friendly 5-minute explanation video of how the bitcoin blockchain works to give a feeling for what the thinking behind it all is).

You are completely right, though. The learning curve is incredible, and as soon as you think you grasp a concept, the rules are overturned. And I agree, sometimes Wikipedia articles are hilarious: written by the pros for the pros, without any semblance to concepts understandable to educated people with common sense who have not been part of cryptospace for years. WP articles on math are like that and articles on cryptography are like that, articles on physics are different, they give simple real-world examples and applications.