It depends on your style of learning. I like to read books and then practice the exercises or preferably applying the knowledge in a practical way. Andreas M. Antonopoulos' book has a lot of images to visualize the concepts, which is very useful. I have not read the other books you mentioned, but I highly recommend this one.
This simple simulation could help you to understand the blockchain concept better.
Thanks! that was an interesting watch. I watched the
videos he put up with the simulations. They do explain an overview of what's a blockchain, txs, and how every block is computed from the previous one, but it's still too superficial. I'd love material that is quite a bit more in-depth than these.
I can understand that.
Books are the best resource for in-depth information, as videos tend to be a little simplified compared to reality.
You also could try different cryptography related books to enhance your knowledge, for instance, elliptic curves.
Another way to understand Bitcoin is to use a wallet in expert mode, preferably on the testnet (to not lose your valuable BTC by mistake).