Crypto 101 is a ~200 page book that is far richer in detail and examples. It also covers a lot of primitives (one-time pads, hash trees, etc.) that we eschewed for the sake of brevity.

This blog post is digestible in a few minutes. Crypto 101 can occupy a novice for a few hours. Given the hard choice of one of the two, we would encourage anyone interested to read Crypto 101 over our blog post, as they'll walk away with a much more detailed understanding .