noob- have couple quick ?'s...

I only made that assessment as you did not know what 'bubble' meant.
This crypto game is full of pitfalls, scam artists and just plain bad luck. You need to tread carefully. On the matter of googling; this should provide you with plenty of resources. May I also suggest reddit, bitcointalk.org and youtube.com.
E.g. https://youtu.be/eK4xY0NhCKE (excellent advice only posted a week ago)