Yes, that's very right, Investing in bitcoin without in-depth knowledge will not be a big problem because every new investor must know bitcoin from their friends or from social media, when the first purchase is made that is the initial stage for them to approach bitcoin. As you said, early investors do not understand bitcoin, but they buy and hold and their knowledge will increase throughout the journey day by day.
That also applies to new investors, they want to invest in bitcoin, even though they do not understand much about bitcoin but they have a lot of time to learn about bitcoin.
The investor's journey in investing in bitcoin only needs to know about the initial steps, namely buying on a trusted exchange and withdrawing it to a personal wallet, that's enough for the initial stage before they learn along with the accumulation they do.
Even if they don't know these initial steps or can't do the initial steps themselves, they can enter the investment through a trusted friend/reliable person. Basically when you plan or decide to invest you should not delay at all. But you must be an expert and learn the basics very soon. Because you should not depend on others for a long time.
Later when you are able to acquire basic knowledge and can make your own purchases then you should continue to try to gain knowledge about Bitcoin, because in order to manage investment you need to know what Bitcoin is and how to invest in Bitcoin and when to take action. I consider it essential to gain knowledge on the subject.
I disagree with you that a brand new investor that want to start his bitcoin investment shouldn't have the basic knowledge of bitcoin before investing. This is strange because how will you invest on something that you have zero knowledge on. To have the basic knowledge of bitcoin i very important for anyone that wants to start his bitcoin investment because it is simple, and this is why it is encouraged that you need the basic knowledge for you to invest, because you can learn as you are investing since it is a long term investment, rather than waiting to have the concrete knowledge before investing.
Bitcoin investment is not like a traditional investment that takes time before you can understand the business before setting it up. Bitcoin investment is learn as you buy, and keeping on learning and buying. Whoever does not learn the basic of bitcoin before investing is not serious and dumb because you can learn the basics on the internet.
The initial step is all you need to get going with your bitcoin investment. Starting an investment in bitcoin is not that difficult or complicated, you just need to start up immediately. Someone can make an initial purchase without deep knowledge as they invest they will likely be motivated to learn. The important thing is that their investment can make them seek out for information they need to make better decisions, once that first step is taken there will be motivation to learn and make better investment decisions along the way.
Most people that are into Bitcoin might not have much knowledge at first but as they engage in Bitcoin investment, It’s like the more you invest, the more you want to learn about what you’re investing in. Just know how to buy and begin your investment process.