I went in expecting demonstrations of how to
put together transactions programmatically with some API,
but to my surprise and delight it was very much along the
lines of "Bitcoin the hard way".
It's probably the closest thing to "How to build your own wallet
from the ground up" atm
You mention in the first post the "elitism" that
permeates atmosphere here - I agree about that and must admit
that once you have been initiated to the inner workings of Bitcoin
to even a tiny degree, there is a great temptation to think of yourself
as one of the "gentlemen"
and keep the secrets to yourself (because "we don't want more scamcoins" or some other nonsense). So maybe it's time
for that to change.
