Yes please move this thread to its appropriate sub forum if need be.
So I spent a good amount of time reading before actually posting here and one thing I read was there are a lot of fakes out there in regards to mining. I read that some wallets and networks are scams.
These are all things I am trying to avoid. I will look into ETH as well.
It's you or a mod that can move this.
About scams, indeed, there are plenty of scams and (scammy) forks.
I think that until you get on track a good option for you is to start with NiceHash. While you read and learn more you'll be able to improve this. Then you'll see what coins you mine better and can ask more specifically what miner and wallet you should use for those specific coins. And NiceHash converts everything into Bitcoin for you, so a normal Bitcoin wallet (
Electrum?) will do.
The only flaw in my logic is that if your income is too small, you may have to wait more until you get Bitcoin payments than altcoin (smaller, cheaper) ones.