How do I get at my private keys. Its clear I just dont understand enough yet and I just cant commit to a currency system with the just trust us, it all works. I keep reading and just get lost in all the details.
I hope you do know how your wallet works because if you do, it is quite easy to navigate around and find the private keys. But if you cannot find it, then you might be using a wallet that do not give the private keys, which you should avoid.
Example, in an electrum wallet, you just need to right click your address and select private keys. Then it will show your private key which you can store somewhere safe.
In blockchain.info, you get 12 seed words that you can store. That is the equivalent of your private keys.
I hope this helped you.