It is very important for newbies to ask questions from experienced crypto holders and learn to carry out research before buying any cryptocurrency including Bitcoin. It is very necessary so that they will not make avoidable mistakes of not knowing the importance of securing their private keys and understanding that there are many scam projects in the crypto market. Although Bitcoin is safe to buy and hodl but altcoins requires both newbies and experienced people to research any altcoins that they want to buy, to avoid investing in shitcoins. Many new projects are being launched into the market so every investors needs to research first before buying so that they will not be bag holders of dead coins.
When you really want to focus on bitcoin why should you bother learning altcoins as a first step because in the end it will be different in terms of goals. Although they are in the same scope but that does not mean everything can be equalized buddy because bitcoin and altcoin are different so why learn altcoin if the goal is bitcoin because it will not connect and will actually add to your work because you have to learn bitcoin again from scratch.
Just focus on bitcoin if you are interested in being in it because after all this is not a trial and error event especially if you try it in altcoins which are actually much more risky than bitcoin. So with that you can better know your goals in bitcoin because it will be very lame if you study altcoins but invest in bitcoin, like you study math but you take exams in the arts.