To be honest, my friend helped me a lot, it was thanks to him that I started to learn cryptocurrency.
At first, it was not easy, and I spent a lot of time studying the market and many other things.
My friend told me about a great and most importantly proven ethereum classic mining pool.
There you can track the rise and fall, as well as invest money.
You need to start with the very basics, to begin with, plus there is a lot of publicly available information on the internet regarding cryptocurrency and learning about the cryptocurrency market.
It would be great if you would also ask someone you know to help you at the initial stage, so as not to make a mistake and not lose money).