I hear you. I think this is the case no matter where you come from. It wise to be very, very cautious. Scams happen. (They happen with bitcoin as well as with altcoins.) I suppose the defense is knowledge, what to do, what not, security procedures, secure or insecure protocols, etc.
You seem like a sharp person. Why not learn a few new technical skills and how nodes, miners, consensus, etc. interact? Those concepts apply to bitcoin as well. Learning is ok.
I hear you. I think this is the case no matter where you come from. It wise to be very, very cautious. Scams happen. (They happen with bitcoin as well as with altcoins.) I suppose the defense is knowledge, what to do, what not, security procedures, secure or insecure protocols, etc.