&gt; If people need to know or understand this stuff bitcoin will never work. Success rests on the what not the how.<p>Bitcoin is an inflationary private currency with $10 transaction fees that is mostly used for illegal activity.  Its value and success is predicated on the ability to buy drugs and pay ransoms with Bitcoin.<p>&gt; The end user doesn&#x27;t care if your website was written in php or node.<p>The end user also gets their wallet stolen. So yeah, I&#x27;d say that not understanding the basics is critical when dealing with crypto-currencies.