My quick impression of your posts is that they are basic and general. This means the the topics have been covered many times in the past. One great help for me was to run a full node, and to experiment with it. It was easier then though, and the blockchain was under 60Gb if I remember correctly. I have been toying with the idea of offering a shared blockchain for new members to use to start a pruned node, but my hosting provider only uses SSDs, and it would be too expensive for me to offer as a freeby. Maybe a trusted member could offer blockchains on SD cards to help people to start a node.