> why HZ is so cheap
... because there is not more buying than selling.


> write a short "idiot guide" to what an "asset" actually is
I will fail at writing an idiot guide, sorry :-) Still, I might be able to help perhaps:


"Assets" are ~ "colored coins".

Try it practically! If you want to know how to buy asset shares, I suggest my "how to buy, for newbies" thread.

If you want to know how to issue an asset (and understand them better, in general), I have documented issueing my own asset quite well in my "AAssetHZ" thread, including a lot of preparatory thinking.

One part of my preparation was studying the other assets, which is partly documented in my assetparser.py thread.

Hope that helps?