Great question Hive account@maxypris. I too am not great with computers, I have found it very helpful to think of these crypto-currencies in 3 classifications

1. commodity like gold (Bitcoin for Example) - A great store of wealth but difficult to use as currency in real world situations
2. Currency - (Nautilus for Example) - Aiming to cut down on transaction times and increase stability for viable use as everyday currency.
3. Stock - (Encrypgen for Example) Bussines's aiming to develop real world applications for blockchain technology.

The mining process differs from coin to coin. The term "mining" in many cases is basically the recording of transactions in order to keep the ledger for the currency. Often requiring complex algorithms, this takes some serious computing skills that are far beyond me.

I would however like to encourage you to research and look for good investments in this space.

You are welcome to start by reading my series "Economic Indicators in The Crypto-economy".

This should help catch you up a little on what is a very exciting space.

I aslo look to Hive account@financialcritic and Hive account@bullishmoney for information, inspiration, and ideas. I suggest you do the same.

I'm more of an "idiots guide" to investing in this space (lol), which will help. But you need to look to some of these real professionals when your knowledge becomes proficient in this space.