He's right about following up with hero & legendary members in this forum, the informations they give will really help in enlightening your knowledge as newbie.
There are plenty of high rank members here that totally helpful. You just need to check them out but of course not only high rank cause sometime valuable information or knowledge comes too from lower rank especially DTs are all helpful and could give you sufficient information on things you don't know yet.
OP for a newbie you sound like a matured users and understand things already. Keep it up. I do hope you motivate other users just like you.
Learning takes time but it is worth it staying here and collect new ideas about bitcoin and blockchain. Just don't join the drama here so you wouldn't have any hassle at all.