When I first encountered Bitcoin, a nearly insatiable curiosity took over, which I later heard people refer to as "falling down the rabbit hole."
Almost immediately, I wanted to know as much as I could about how all the various parts and pieces of Bitcoin worked.
One fun tool for me was a simple demo of how a blockchain works, put together by Anders Brownworth.
I had never heard of a blockchain prior to 2021. But his short videos made the concept of a blockchain easy to understand and got me up to speed very quickly. His cleanly designed site allows allowed me to play with a demo chain.
You can find his site, "Blockchain Demo" here: