I really got into cryptocurrency by listening to podcasts and Udemy courses at work. I've heard of bitcoin before a while ago. Even downloaded a wallet. I thought that is how you mined. After a couple days going by I forgot about it. Anyways. The Udemy courses really did for me. Once I truly understood how no one could spend or steal my bitcoin and that they were mine, I took the plunge. I started buying $10 a paycheck as kinda savings account.
My biggest regret is getting into cloud mining. It was great way of turning 30 Dash into 1.5 :(
Hold and diversify was me learning the hard way.