Thanks for recommending my thread!
@bystandposter
If you want a step by step and a comprehensive guide without reading too much technicalities, I'd recommend you these resources of 2 notable person in bitcoin space.
[1]
https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html[2]
https://aantonop.com/If you are looking for something that is located here in bitcointalk, here is big list of comprehensive guide made by the members of this community.
[3]
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4928968.0
I personally recommend you to read the basic which can be found to the links above. Then go for Andreas Antonopolous books "
Internet of Money" which presents the philosophical idea of bitcoin. Secondly, go for "
Mastering bitcoin", because only the first 2 chapters of the book is intended for non programmers while the rest is for technical and advanced user that knows programming. However, you can still understand the concept if you are going to spend most of your time studying.