> Software written by insiders, for insiders is exclusionary from my point of view.
Where do you draw the line? At one point, you have to accept that some projects require deep and context-specific knowledge. I can't be expected to be handheld if I dive deep into some math libraries without knowing the prerequisites. And if I do anyway, it's up to me to figure out at least the basics on my own.
The README has the examples and explanations you're looking for, they're just using the language common in the peer-to-peer ecosystem, as it's a peer-to-peer library/cli/daemon.