What is the best wallet/manner of acquiring a whole bitcoin.

I’ve been on the fence about bitcoin for a while. Lost some in the early Silk Road days, then laughed when people started treating it like an investment and not a currency for degenerate youths. Missed out on the last bear market and told myself I’d go hard if I ever got the opportunity. I’ve decided to become a full-coiner, yet know nothing about the safest way to acquire/keep my coin. Not trying to loose my investment in all the crypto scams. What is the simplest yet safest method to do this?