Bitcoin Forum

One of the main points many Bitcoin naysayers are quick to bring up whenever you question them on why they are so anti bitcoin is that bitcoin is ‘volatile and risky’. The truth is that Bitcoin is no riskier than any other asset and it may even be safer.

Here’s why Bitcoin is safer than most assets: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/bitcoin-is-safer-than-most-assets-stop-treating-it-as-risky/

What are your thoughts?

Speculative markets are generally more risky. Bitcoins a bit like a new technology startup that breaks even every year.

You're investing in an underlying asset that's only seen as valuable by fellow investors. We had the problem in ~2018 with this though since people kept buying thinking it was going to go up. And much more recently we've seen jolts due to this.

Bitcoin becomes known as risky because of its volatility and I agree on it, that's the way other people think.
@jackg is right, Bitcoin is a bit like new technology.
Bitcoin still young and I also believe as we go along, the price volatility of Bitcoin will decrease since we have only limited Bitcoin.
But we still can't force other people to believe that Bitcoin is not risky, they still have their own reasons and opinions.

You are right Bitcoin is a more secure asset than most like gold, which is mineable but limited unlike gold which can be created, Bitcoin cannot be created once all the total supply has been mined.

All of the investment stocks forex  or any other form of cryptocurrency is hight at risk but for Bitcoin it is just getting started so ignore the ups and downs and aim for the future it can give

It seems we can safely bet on the bitcoin for long term investment.

In the current market bitcoin is stable like anything as compared to the stock markets, golds and other type of bonds. The prices are not stable, bear is stronger in others while BTC has recovered pretty faster.

May be people are at homes and investing in them as work from home stuff!  :D

Apart from this surely it is gonna be stronger asset.

All those neighsayers heard are the scams in cryptocurrency which were in the news but ask them whether they knew how bitcoin works because they never really knew it. They don't even understood what a blockchain is because all they know is that bitconnect scammed them. Naysayers aren't worth an attention because with all the internet bandwidth available in their phones they can't even watch a youtube video to learn a bit.  You can forget discussing them about risk.

Every type of investment is risky and everyone who has ever invested in something knows that.
Bitcoin was especialy targeted as a high risk investment because of volatility, lack of regulation and basicly without any kind of protection for invedtors.
But if you invest with care, based on knowledge, information and experiences you can minimize these risks and still get profit.

Nothing is safe and i cant say that this one is much more safer or less riskier compared on traditional investments like forex and stocks.We know that this one is a speculative market
which isnt even regulated nor cant be controlled.Level of volatility would either fuck you up or would give your riches and we know that the higher the risk
the greater reward but well we know that people are natural gamblers.  ;)

And to add, if you only invest what you can afford to lose, it would be better for your own sanity. And since bitcoin's price volatility is still one of the major factors why it is considered as a high risk investment, you should be prepared on whatever direction it will go to. You should know when it is good time for you to cash out. and always remember the motto of this game - buy low, sell high. Don't be too greedy with your profits.

Investment is always risky. Noo matter it’s  online, offline  or crypto. Even bitcoin is more risky because bleeding  time bitcoin went 4900$ from 9k$. Imagine  that if you bought  bitcoin at 9k$ and comparing now you are in loss (around 2k). But bitcoin price movement  and trends made that bitcoin is not risky other coins.

It's depend on you that in which way you accepting btc in your life. If you thinking as a investor then i would say everything is a risk when you want to invest on something. If you think as a normal user then i will say it's safer than other currency. Yes bitcoin price is too much sensitive and not stabilize than other currency but it's secure than others. BTC gave you real freedom feel where fiat money or other currency try to take away from you. Here is a great article (https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/292103) about why btc better than other conventional currency.

Great article. It was an interesting read. It just hit the nail on the head. Most naysayers are quick to condemned Bitcoin as being too volatile and risky. They keep forgetting one thing – that life is all about risks. There's risks in almost anything we do. Whether you're saving money in banks, investing in government bonds or bills etc, Its all risk. Don't mind the fact that they always sugarcoat it. Look how the world is faring in a global crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. Stocks are on a steady decline, oil prices near the lows, banks are shutting down. How do we get funds across — locally and internationally? You got your answer.

I beg to differ. You can't be saying bitcoin is as riskier as other assets (i am assuming tangible assets over here). To be honest, tangible assets are actually very very less riskier than crypto currencies. The assets can hold their value. They don't drop in price within few seconds. The prices of tangible assets cannot be manipulated very easily. Look at the bitcoin market. The prices drop to  a huge extent just within few seconds. The market can be easily manipulated by those who get to control majority of the coins. It would plain stupid to call bitcoin less risky. Though with risk comes the profit!

I'd also disagree that Bitcoin's 'unrisky'; it takes just one look at a daily or weekly chart of Bitcoin recently to see that Bitcoin's still as volatile as ever, and I doubt it's going to change in the near future as long as Bitcoin's mostly a speculative asset. Either way, whether you think Bitcoin's not as risky or more risky, don't be dumb. Invest only as much as you can afford to lose. Always plan for the worst, because there's a much greater chance of losing significant amounts of money than you might think through any investment.

It may be less risky if you're hodling for long term and wait at the safe side, set specific target waiting for the value rise.
Now, it would be a different story when you're trading. The range of Bitcoin's volatility seems limitless, thus confusing new traders what moves to do next, when to sell, and when to buy. I can say Bitcoin has the same level of risks from other investment platform, not unless if you're just holding for long term.

Bitcoin has a risk, and that is about the volatility of the price. But we can reduce the risk by searching for information about what will happen to bitcoin. Although we cannot know for sure, at least, we can make some strategy if bitcoin is not moving as what we think. If people can learn more about bitcoin, and they can gather much information, I am sure that they will not confuse, they can stay calm when bitcoin move to one point level price. But yes, bitcoin still unpredicted and we don't know how much bitcoin price will increase or decrease, so we need to be ready for any possibilities.

i wont agree that bitcoin has not risky because of volatile price that if you not updated for this you can loss in one glimmer.. you can leesin your risky if you have good strategy and high   lucks of predictions...

The market always comes down and it doesn't settle in one place I don't think Bitcoin is so risky it will totally depend on us If we can practice different places properly it is possible to reduce the risk. Because Bitcoin is not a stable currency its price always fluctuates. However if Bitcoin is able to collect and analyze the data in the right way the amount of loss can be reduced and the prediction is possible.

scared money dont make money  :P :P

Volatile market makes it risky. You are engaging in unstable crypto market with your own bitcoin. And  i have read the article, it was compared to the other assets like stocks. Thus it was said to be safe haven because it can be considered as long term investment.
 Here's what they have said in the article;
 
 
 From my point of view, this ncovid crisis makes it for people recognize the use of bitcoin. But that doesn't mean that it is not risky.

In risky and can have wild swings in the short term perspective, but if you're looking at it's potential and capabilities it's a safe asset to invest to in the long term perspective. Especially with trillions of dollars of quantitative easing, some fiat and stocks investors will venture will a decentralize safe haven that cannot be manipulated by the Fed or any central authority.

I do agree that Bitcoin is risky.

But then again, that is one of the reasons why I invested in it the same as decentralization and anonymity. Gold is even said to be not that reliable, how much more is a volatile investment. Let them think what they want, they are the ones missing out. If we will be calculating the profits we had in the years we are here, it can show the profit we had and that will show them they are wrong.

To be honest, this is true but the only problem is they treat btc very different among other assets available. They look at it as so risky and extremely dangerous which in contrary is just the same as risky as stock market or even a simple business. They tend to think that way probably because they're culture-shocked. They are too scared to try on something new — on something that majority are not dealing with. This is the sad reality so let's double our efforts to enlighten them regarding this new technology :).

People who focus more on Bitcoin's risks are those who don't have enough knowledge about it. The reason why most crypto enthusiasts always advise us to learn everything about it is for us to know how to deal with its risks including its volatility. Bitcoin compared to other assets has its own characteristic which could affect us positively or negatively depending on our skills on how to deal with every market situation. If we'll have it as an investment, we should focus on its positive side.

Bitcoin has always been risky ever since and no one can changed that but we can can manage to reduce the risk if we really want it too. I guess all investments have its own risks. But with bitcoin, if we start learning all its basics, gathering vast knowledge about how it works, then we will have an assurance that it will give us profits in the end.

Safer and more profitable than other investments may be due to decentralization itself, because even though the price is not very stable and is very easy to change even just overnight it makes a profit and other opportunities for traders and investors themselves, because with prices that easily go up and down at least buy and sell can be done more effectively and of course as long as we are good at storing personal data such as the existing security system then our investment should remain safe but still all risks will always be there and we must be aware of that.

For me, right now investing in Bitcoin is way better than any other type of investment ( stock, startup...). Because these days are very different compared to the last two years you can't real except continuous steady growth and daydream about the price flying like a rocket and also you can expect the price to drop significantly in few days. the huge price manipulation that was done in 2017 had given a totally wrong idea about cryptocurrencies since the price went flying to 20k and then started a continuous fast drop so many people were financially damaged and bitcoin was stamped as 'danger, keep out'.

That was one of the major events that influenced many views on bitcoin, such volatility is indeed very risky but probably won't happen ever again. maybe.

They may think it is risky because they all have been thinking that it would always go up but they never know what and how the market works that's why it is so volatile. For investment it is quite risky but worth it in the long run and is the best choice for storing as your own assets without having some third party to control it. But everything is always has it's own pros and cons so people should know everything about it first they consider investing on it.

People who are investing Bitcoin must have to think about its risk, losing and gaining is what would you end up. And unfortunately, a lot of people suffered losses with their investment because of the lack of knowledge and also they really don't understand how it works. Its volatility makes more people having doubtful questions in their minds when to buy, sell, and etc.

We should have to be reminded that we don't have any control over the market flow and anything will happen is all because of its volatility. And so we don't have to expect that everything will be in smooth and having a flawless market trend, its gonna be rough though.

Riskier or not too risky, means the same thing in my view. We must admit that investing/trading Bitcoin is risky. Volatility, instability, trend & news affects, the government laws, hacker attacks, so on are the real factors to bring some risks. But yes, we don't need to be afraid of them. If we have sufficient knowledge and know the crypto market characteristics, those can be minimized.

Yes, that is the important thing that we should have before we invest in bitcoin. We should learn the basic of investing bitcoin and don't try to trade if we don't have skills and the right information because we will hard to make a profit. Many people buy bitcoin with rush without having enough information because they read on some websites that telling them to buy bitcoin right now no matter how much the price. That will not be the right decision because we need to observe the price first before we buy. After all, bitcoin has the volatility that we cannot predict.

So you are saying that the people that did not invest earlier would earn a profit?

Despite the truthfulness of that, I don't think we should really blame them. Every time, there would be a lot of people that would be new to dumps, that would be new to pumps and we can't say that they would not be having a profit since they could just study the market, use indicators and these days following other investors is also an option. They are just new to the market, that is all.

Risk will always be present here inaide the crypto world, whatever you do it has risk but of course people take risk if they knew that the reward or possible profit will be worth it and that os one of the problems facing by people who are new here, they al2ays focus their description to bitcoin as very volatile or very risky which results to not trusting crypto and despite of the people who already have proven bitcoin is profitable, they still let their fear consume them but i know once they learn pruce movement and knew the history of bitcoin's market price they will surely invest in bitcoin.

When the asset value dropped 40% over night then it can't be called as safe investment so it is not a wonder many people thinks bitcoin is risky investment.But until now in long term bitcoin gives good profits for the believers not to the weak hands and it seems most of the bitcoin investors are weak hands and they entered into the market recently still wanted to make good reap from it.

Agree, risk and profit are the two factors that create the balance of an investment, and when we consider bitcoin as an investment, it will definitely bring us risks, talking about risks, more or less, we are the only one who can determine that level because exactly as you say, investment requires skills and knowledge, combining many different factors. If we can accomplish those factors, the risk will be low and vice versa but in the end, it will still have risks, but at least bitcoin is actually a safer option than other options on the market with its stable volatility

You can not seat and say it is risky while others are making money out of It. This is simple as it is. Every business venture isn't out of risk but people do it. So is a wise man that learns from the mistake of others. Learning is better than jumping into it.

Bitcoin is still volatile, I know that it does look like stock markets volatility made bitcoin look like less volatile because we got rid of the bad moments a lot easier, however that doesn't change the fact that on regular days we were a lot more volatile. Think about this summer for example, when stock market was normal and nothing happened, regular ups and downs here and there, a good economy, bitcoin was going up and down like crazy.

So, bitcoin could be considered something you can buy during the bad times because it will not be affected as much as other stuff but at the same time on regular days it is volatile more than anything else. However, it is that volatility that helps us get that profit, if you do not want volatility go invest into gold.

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Nah, I hope people should have to think about it before entering into the crypto world.
I know a lot of people might be wondering what people are doing in the crypto investment and how real it is. Many were asking how it generates money and how quick it is and many were saying to easy but in reality, its a kinda difficult to make it especially during the bear season.

When the Bicoin price dropped, it was a great opportunity for me to invest, but only used a few assets to participate because the crypto market was very volatile and could quickly collapse due to bad news.

I will still choose to invest but will sell when it is profitable because Bitcoin is currently being manipulated by others. Of course, not only Bitcoin but all altcoins in this market are clearly manipulated and depend on the price of Bitcoin.

Many people think that the bitcoin is a risky thing because we are need to make the investment to make more earnings but this is the reality too because it is a risk but still, it depends on the level of the risk of yours if you want to wage a huge market there is a chance that you will get a huge market income too but if you want to play safe it is good too but the difference is you do not lose too much money also you do not get a too huge amount of profit still it depends on the people how to they make an income because no one can sure about the volatile market still it is our choice to make more income or profit. Also one of the good investment is the gold because this is one of the primary sources of the money today and the bitcoin is just secondary it is good if we made both investments to make more profit.

I have known bitcoin since 2016 strongly agree that bitcoin is not as risky as most people think. Because investing in bitcoin
is easier to generate profits than other investments. Many people think that bitcoin is at risk because of the events of 2018
when bitcoin prices were dumped, which before 2017 bitcoin rise to $ 19k. People who experience this loss spread the
information that bitcoin investments are at risk. Even though the reality is bitcoin relatively safe for investment if we can buy
at low prices.

Exactly this is a favorable time to invest a large amount to bitcoin for exchange and waiting for a normalize increase, totally I believe that it is a kind of bidding process to ride a sound quick. until now Bitcoin is equally easy to join which is proven by many investors, but it is very unforgettable if you lose, but maybe we need to render a consideration if there's a global economic crisis as a human in which we cannot break the unexpected downfall because acceptance is a very useful through this covid-19 season.

Though many countries already recognize bitcoin it doesnt mean it is not risky. Because of the volatility of bitcoin people are taking advantage it and thats the reason why investors are earning while those who cant stand the volatility lose their capital for selling at the wrong time. Every investment is risky and crypto is not different thus before deciding to engage yourself make sure to know everything on what to expect.

It will be safe to say that Bitcoin was risky in 2010 during its teething days when a lot of people thought it was a scam but now we can only safely use the term "Volatility". Of course, every trader knows that Bitcoin is here to stay and this eliminates the "risk factor". What every trader needs do is look for a convenient low and then buy. Even if price goes up immediately after buying, don't panic. Price will one day cross your buy line. I know there were traders who bought at ATH and definitely are still hodling till date and waiting for price to go up back. Whereas there were altcoins bought at ATH but these altcoins have completely disappeared today.

In that time bitcoin was unknown, nobody could say that bitcoin will become what it is now and be 100% certain in that. Every beginning is hard, bitcoin made it to come here and gaining more popularity every year. I always thought that every person should try trading, at least to try, it's risky but it can be interesting and profitable if you figure it out. If that doesn't work just buy and hold, definitely crypto is not something anyone should miss. There's something for everyone, and there are so many ways to do something and make money, people just need to make some effort and try it!

Well, bitcoin is the most volatile currency ever. The price can move in any direction and it might bring a lot of risk for majority of people. This might be the reason why most of the people think bitcoin is risky.

I will not agree for those people who saying that bitcoin is not a risky investment, it is very risky investment especially for those who do not have enough knowledge about what it is and what it is uses.  The volatility of the bitcoin is what bitcoin makes a risky investment we should understand its price action in order to have an idea on what we will do especially in trading of it. Many people fail from it because of theu lack of knowledge, if we want to become a trader we should first invest in our knowledge.

That is true but you should also consider the fact that a lot of people still earned a lot of profit from it despite its volatility.

Most of the people wanted to make an easy investment, an investment into something that is safe-haven, that would ensure them a profit in the near future but investing doesn't work like that. But despite the volatility of Bitcoin, it did give a lot of profit for people especially for those who know what to do in a certain movement. That is the reason why people think BItcoin is a safe-haven investment.

There is no holy grail investment that we can guarantee our return, maybe they do not fully understand the bitcoin and that is why there are people who keep saying that it is not risky at all. There are professional traders who keep making profit despite of its high volatility but the thing is they are also vulnerable to losses. I see bitcoin as a high risk investment and that is why I invest in myself in order to protect and grow my capital.

People who doesnt have much idea on what they are into specially on this crypto world would really have that kind of impression where they do believe that money making is pretty easy on this space
but it doesnt work that way and soon theyll realize that their expectations isnt the same with the reality.Theres no such thing about holy grail and for sure those people who do just rushly jumped in
just because they have seen those people who do make big profits online without even knowing on what are the risk behind or doesnt even know on how much for those people who lost up
money before they do earn that certain amount.

At some point and in their earlier days as new assets, most of the well established assets you see today we're once like bitcoin (that's a speculative asset) since the future of the asset wasn't certain. Bitcoin has proven time without number that, it's a long term project and not some get rich quick scheme many uniformed Individuals mistake it for. When you invest in bitcoin with a short term mindset it becomes risky since its price volatility is quite high on a short term based.

Every investment is a risk since you're entrusting your funds and hope on a technology or idea that can fail at anytime. The biggest risk of them all is not to take the risk  in investing in that asset due to fear. Keeping you money in the bank is also a risk since you're not in charge of your money and inflation can disvalue the worth of your stored funds at anytime.

That is exactly the reason why it's a risky investment (for short-term basis). We all know that if we compare bitcoin and other cryptocurrency to stocks, forex or other markets then, it's obvious that bitcoin is the most volatile! it's not normal to have 10% up's and down per day, or a big 50-70% dump or pump, It's very risky for me, the only win-win situation here if you don't want a risk is focus on long term investment! That is the key, to have a gain/profit in cryptocurrency.

You can't say it is not risky neither though. Definitely maybe people are overreacting on the risk factor and we can say that bitcoin is not "as risky as you think" but it is still risky, that is the vast difference between "not risky" that people are usually talking about. If "not risky at all, guaranteed income" is 10 and "so risky you might as well throw a dice for it" is 1, we can still say that bitcoin is under 5, it may not be 1, but it certainly is under 5, so still on the risky side.

However, anything that worths doing, worths doing it right and bitcoin might be volatile and risky but if we can get through this horrible stage of both being marginally mainstream but still less liquidity than any other market, we will reach to a point where we will be more stable.

20k buyers will be saying that.  ;D

It is a risk buying bitcoin and there is no doubt about that specially when you are still in the process of understanding it.
But as time goes you will forget about it.
As you keep more bitcoin in your wallet you just trust that it will soon soar to a price that nobody will expect once again.
The battle for those who do not believe will never end. Those who lose much are still angry about it.
They should have never sold it at the first place.

At the moment most people invest in bitcoin as a speculation, bitcoin can bring big profits but also risky.
Everything can happen on the cryptocurrency market, so if anyone wants to invest in the cryptocurrency market he should learn about what he can achieve or lose.

Bitcoin is a profitable investment and therefore it is very risky. Bitcoin is also an asset with huge price fluctuations.
That's why I personally think investing in the bitcoin market is a very risky investment.
If you look at the chart of bitcoin you can see that the volatility of bitcoin is very large, many people can be rich or go bankrupt overnight.

Bitcoiner though I be, I'm also telling people it's not as safe as many speculators would like you to think.

It's as real as stocks and forex. But also as risky, if not even more so. The fact people ask if it generates money and how quickly or how easy? Just says a lot about how misunderstood Bitcoin is -- even if strictly from the sense of investment/speculation.

Knowing the basic thing all about bitcoin then we will say that bitcoin is safe.

But for those who haven't know how bitcoin work indeed they will judge bitcoin is more risky immediately.

They will compare bitcoin with another investment place if we thought that bitcoin is an investment place and also they will compare bitcoin with all money fiat on this world at least to see its price movement.

Most of investment place and most of money fiat will never be same with bitcoin price movement. All of them just have slow price movement different with bitcoin which has volatility price movement. That is why many people says bitcoin is more risky then other place.

those who said btc is verry risky are those who never used btc before but we that are already familiar with btc we can say that btc isnt realy that risky with proper handling   . btc can be safer and can be dangerous at the same time if only ill compare it to other coins    .

safe because its legit and old but dangerous/risky because btc is the coin that can crash the most   . btc being legit and old age can attract users which makes its value grow up if its down or can even grow more if its in a good condition

If it is related to investment, value or anything that can crash then any investment has a value that is very likely to crash but in bitcoin indeed, the risk is greater because even a large decrease can occur in only a few hours or only overnight. I think every investment asset has its own risks so we cannot conclude if investing in bitcoin is something that is very risky, because when we never even have and use it how can we conclude if bitcoin is at risk, so the reasons for risk are greater because they are not in the right position and time to know and invest in bitcoin.

In my opinion, people who refuse to invest in bitcoin with reason of risk and volatile prices do not yet understand about bitcoin.
If you have really learned bitcoin correctly, then surely understanding volatile bitcoin prices is not a threat. But the benefits
which can be used to make a profit. With volatile bitcoin can generate profits in a more faster, compared with a stock market or
gold whose prices are relatively stable. All investments are at risk, so we must be able to face these risks. And for bitcoin the risk
is smaller if investing in the long term.

If we are to talk about investment then there is always a risk especially if you are going to trade but trading bitcoin or other assets with enough knowledge will lessen the risk of your investment. What makes your investment prone to risk is when you trade without enough knowledge because the possibility that your money will fade is pretty high.

If you want to trade safely the it is best if you will study it first, gather some useful resources on how to make your trade successful, make sure that you are not greedy and you should be patient.

Bitcoin does look bad to them because the media has been skirting opinions so that both bitcoin and cryptocurrency look bad because it only raises issues that are truly fatal to ordinary people. But apart from that bitcoin is also as risky as other investments but bitcoin risk is slightly smaller. That's my opinion

Don't know really. With public trust in media these days, I would actually say people are a bit more intelligent than we take them for, and they probably will ask themselves at some point if Bitcoin really is as bad as all the people responsible for taking the economy down are saying. I'd actually prefer people to see for themselves the misconceptions and misinformation that's spread about Bitcoin. Better than the shillfest that positive media headlines seem to be all about.

Bitcoin is now really dangerous because the coin is very easy to manipulate and the constant volatility of the market is making the situation more and more unpredictable. However, I still trust this coin because it is the safest coin in the crypto market and has spent more than half of my assets investing so I will definitely make a profit. Anyway this is my way of investment and I will definitely find more new investment strategies to make more profit.

Buying at all time high doesn't mean that you are losing money right now, it never meant that you are losing money. Going all-in at the all time high prices meant that you would be losing money, and even at that there are methods to be in profit as well.

Just to give two examples, one for people who didn't go all-in and for people who went all-in. For the people who didn't go all in, they could potentially buy more and more and more while price is dropping, that way they can drop the average purchase price and when their purchase average drops under the current price because it goes down and up, they will be in profit. If they went all in that means they could have still gotten out at a high price and go back in at a lower price and be in profit right now.

I think, a highly volatile market is a risky market, one has to monitor his/her position at all times, I believe investments are risky, bitcoin is more volatile, even though money is made in its volatility, it is still risky

I don't how other assets' performance are like, but the crypto market behaviour had shown that Bitcoin is riskier given its high volatility and no regulatory guidelines yet. If you are an investor, long or short term, it might be less risk, but ask a trader, and the story will be different.

Only if you are a trader, not an investor. If you look at Bitcoin by years it's not that risky because almost every year there's a rally that allows those who don't believe in it and feel stuck with a bag to unload. Like if you boutht high in 2017 the price hit 14 thousand 2 years later so if you were afraid that your coins bought for 10 thousand or more will not bring you sufficient profit that was your chance to exit.

Bitcoins safety is in these ups and downs. If you buy now and it falls down, in a couple months there will be an opportunity to break even or even profit due to the halving. Even if we fall to 3000 we will go back to 6 again after the halving.

But we can't deny that a lot of people would like to take the risk because they think that this could save them as many people we're saying that they gain profits easily and pretty fast. Yes, things may happen but it also depends on the market trend and the one handling their funds.
Gaining is what in our minds and it is obviously a reason why we are here in crypto not because it is a currency but for investment.

If we can recall what happened last 2017, people are greatly in having huge gains and crypto becomes viral on the internet. A lot of people are coming because of the surprise surge but after all, dumps come along and make a lot of people feel regret about their actions.

I believe too that bitcoin is more safe than the others investment right now but we know that they still have risl if we invest to this coin. But the good they have chance a good return or a lot of profit will gain of the bitcoin investors.

Bitcoin the price is changing gives to us profit because like today price is very low compared to the previous month so we can have time to grab this opportunitt to inves or buy this coin and to gain money in the future once it started rising again.

From all of the cryptocurrency which do you think is the safest? Everyone can and knows the answer right away its Bitcoin. The safest asset to invest in cryptocurrency, being volatile is the nature of cryptocurrency from the start even in stocks. That is how traders earn by trading in this volatile market. More volatile the more chances of profits but there are more chances of losses too, that's how it works.

Its old but gold. Bitcoin is preferably a choice of everyone from cryptocurrency. Its built to be the number cryptocurrency in the world and all altcoins are depending on the move of Bitcoin. Looking the chat if the btc is red almost all of altcoins will drop to red keeping impossible to btc to defeat. Bitcoin is risky if someone are buying bitcoin in the higher price without proper introduction to crypto market. Some are being scam because of they immdiately trust to someone. Its safe but also risky.

Bitcoin is not risky at all, whoever thinks like that they have a lack of knowledge about bitcoin and blockchain technology. If Bitcoin is risky then which asset is safe? Every asset has risk, that's people say No risk No gain! It's true that volatility is a negative side of crypto, who bought at the very high price they are yet to recover, but if you have strong faith, then you must be known Bitcoin price will be greater than now! We can expect x4 from the current price of Bitcoin!

"Volatile and risky" will continue to be campaigned by the global financial industry to inhibit the growth of Bitcoin
because they fear that Bitcoin will disrupt the business they have built so far

The main and most complicated problem faced by digital currencies is regulation.
If the problem with the regulator is over, it seems that an increase in the valuation of the crypto currency will be inevitable

Bitcoin is very risky for people who are unaware of the risks they will be taking. you saw that until a while ago the price was $ 10,000 and today the price is $ 6000. If someone bought bitcoin for the price of $ 10,000 and was not prepared to take the risk then that person must be very sorry. This movement that increases a lot and then falls a lot only benefits those who are psychologically prepared and have good knowledge about the market and know how to do good risk management

Bitcoin is not risky for everyone. Bitcoin is risky for those who buy Bitcoin after the huge pump. They do not buy when the market is down, but they only buy when the market goes to the top again. Yes the Bitcoin market is volatile, it is because Bitcoin is still new. It takes time for to mature.

OP, you need to understand that people who are naysayer will constantly raise conspiracy about bitcoin and it either to been notice, cause panic or spread FUDs but they always do it for their own selfish reason. Besides, there also some set of people who'll never understand the concept of cryptocurrency because they are full of doubt and never take their time to see the brighter side of crypto currency.
With that been said, Bitcoin is not risky but people need to learn how it works to avoid the complicated part of it.

Investment without a risk is more on a savings and with bitcoin the risk is getter higher from time to time. A big chance to create big profit with bitcoin and that is because of a big risk in the market, so don’t think about an easy money. Bitcoin is very volatile and it can change the trend within a day, or even an hour so be prepared always for that.

When it comes to investment, risky is what we always have to face and much more when we are investing Bitcoin.
Many people won't really take this as a precaution to take but instead, they rather keep in mind that they could get easy returns after buying. Yeah, It can be sometimes when you are buying at the time that the market is moving up (that would be luck). But if we are buying during the times in bullish, the risk is too high and might bring you losses instead of gain.

Regulating bitcoin has many pros and cons. But I guess other people will trust bitcoin if it is government regulated. At least they know for a fact, that dealing with crypto or bitcoin is not a scam. Up until now, many people are looking at bitcoin as scam or fraud. But this move will not be in favor for long time crypto users. Regulation means tax.

Bitcoin has been risky when there are some holders of bitcoin in the world because they have taken the bitcoin at very low price so they can dump the market anytime but know the people has come in this currency making price stable. Day by day the price of bitcoin will be more stable then earlier it was so bitcoin might take some time when btc big holder sell their btc and more new people come.
So btc now is reducing risk day by day.regulaation might play a role in this.if bitcoin is going to regulate in the countries more fund will come it will not be more risky.

It seems that any criticisms of Bitcoin get the nutjobs into a corner that all regurgitate the same thing of "you're just spreading FUD." After the Bitcoin bubble burst, I was convinced that people were gaslighting anyone that spread doubts on Bitcoin in order to raise confidence and get investors back on the wagon so they could save their own investments.

Investing in Bitcoin is risky and will remain risky. Always invest with what you're comfortable with losing.

Well, I think they thought that bitcoin is the primary currency that they are using nowadays and also many people they know that all the currency are depends with bitcoin, but it was just a kind of crypto currency. The bitcoin is not a risky, it is the volatility of the currency because it is so difficult to determined on when the price could happen the bull run market. But if you study well and have a deep knowledge about the market price and you have enough experience it wouldn’t be too risky because it was easy for you to earned profit.   

It isn't risky, but it is still a risk. Even if we do say that it is a safe asset, it's volatility is a factor that could never be removed at the moment. Although I do believe it should stabilize in the future, as it is right now, it is still a risk. That is if you were to look at it as an investment. If you were to think of it as to what it really is, being a cryptocurrency, it's actually a lot safer compared to the others. Just the fact that it uses a decentralized system already gives it an edge among the others. The only reason that hacks and the like happen is because of hackers finding holes in exchanges, where users use them as a wallet, which is not supposed to be done.

Bitcoin is never a risky business or will I say investment. May looking at the world at large now I believe we can see many Rich men and women putting in more effort to understand what Bitcoin is all about and how to go about it. And once they grab hold of the knowledge on how Bitcoin is not risked then they make fortunes. In other words, one needs to understand it first before taking part to be a Bitcoin owner.

Bitcoin is a very safe asset to hold, but be careful because not this coin is also safe and there will be times that can make you very difficult. I think in any investment, you should hold Bitcoin the most because the coin decides for the entire altcoin. Of course you also need to think carefully because it will certainly affect your profits directly.

Bitcoin isn't risky If you are doing what you recognize is true then it might be a risk We always need to work on investing positively when it involves investing it's natural for a business to lose profit But holding on thereto doesn't work you would like to regulate your emotions and move forward. Then things will seem difficult and straightforward. Bitcoin may be a excellent currency and there's no risk there's a fluctuation in prices but if the worth rises again you'll be ready to make tons of profit.

"Very Safe" ask yourself again if it is really safe asset. It is not a safe asset and it is not safe heaven where it can protect your wealth. It is a risky investments that need proper risk and management in order for you to make money. Do not consider bitcoin as safe investment because there is invesment that is really safe and all have risks.

This is true about all speculative markets. The risk cut across all, it is not bitcoin alone. But the safe thing about bitcoin is that we can always look for a buy on it since it will ever go up back even when it sells immediately after you buy it. I know those who bought during the ath in 2017 are still hopeful price will one day get pass that level one day soon.

Though in my opinion, Bitcoin is not the safest asset.

It is true though that the reason why Bitcoin is volatile is because of the investors selling and buying immediately that is why it is not the safest asset, it is not a safe-haven investment. It is said that gold is not even reliable, how much more is Bitcoin that is more volatile than Gold. Despite the profits people made over time, I could still say that it is not the safest investment.

The risk depends on the time that you could hold an asset. If your time horizon is big, then you have nothing to worry about. This is for BTC and equities as well. If you need the money for your everyday life, then you are not fundamentally well-positioned for any kind of investment.

One who has entered in this stage will never accept the words like Bitcoin is not risky. Also, there was famous line that started in start of 2018 that invest only that much which you are ready to loss. This lines were not just famous because it was philosophical, it was mere fact of those days.

Even now for a short term trader the volatility of the market matters.

Besides the time, I think that will depend on your money also. You need to know how much money you will spend to invest in bitcoin, and it is better not to use all of your saving money because bitcoin price will always be volatile. You never know when the price is at the high price and the low price, and if you decide to use it with all of your money, that means you risk the money. No matter if you have skills in crypto trading or as the investor, using all of the funds will not be recommended.

everything is risky when situation is worst , what you say may work when everything is good , but just look at situation now there is no money with people like some months before , no demand in market so saying bitcoin is not risky is not correct at all see the recent fall many would have lost what they have gained in months in a day is this not risky ?

The risk are there especially if the market is not good, knowing that there's virus that keeping everyone to think twice before investing or placing
any new money, this investment currency needs to study more before you proceed and place your money around.

The reasons that has been stated in the article is not enough to prove that Bitcoin is not risky asset.
They are only wrong by saying that Bitcoin is a scam. When it comes to being risky Bitcoin is a very risky asset due to its rate of volatility.

You do know that the price can drop at anytime and people will lose their money. You can compare with what happened in 2017 when a lot of people that the price of bitcoin would go up and instead of an increase what they had was a huge decrease. And like that's not enough, the price continued going down even after that in 2018, and in 2019 as well; the increase we had in 2019 was disrupted by this pandemic.

I can not agree with you. You could buy bitcoin for $ 10,000 and then watch it drop to $ 3,000, and now what do you do? Just wait. Wait how long? No one knows.
If the whales of the market decide that Bitcoin should be at the bottom for a year or more, then all your assets invested in Bitcoin will be frozen for a long time.
Where is the safes here?

You can talk about the minimal risks of investing in Bitcoin only if the investor buys Bitcoin for a long period.  I mean the period during which Bitcoin can show the maximum value of the price, and this can take several years.  Only in this case, the investor will be able to get real profit.  First of all, the one who invests the last money in the cryptocurrency risks and evaluates the cryptocurrency market as the main source of income and plans to make a profit in the near future.

I dare to disagree with your opinion that BTC is not as risky as other might think, since this is obviously a biased view. The reason being that no matter how much you buy in there will be times where you'd be in a great loss/profit as the market fluctuates. There could be times of dumps and bumps but because no one can tell the future which way the market may go or when, it leaves BTC and any crypto investment for that matter still risky.

Bitcoin is not risky, but the process instead. Bitcoin is one of the greatest creation among innovations and technology, and this is one of the responsible for the digital currency we called today, and it is secured, but the risky is the earnings on investment in bitcoin; it is a risk because you cannot make sure the earnings. After all, it is volatile and prediction of the market graph; it is hard because you need to analyze every movement of the coin. In gambling is you need to have full of skills, potential, and luck to win your game and get a profit; still it depends on the player how do they manage the situation to make more earnings with the use of online currency.

Well there are so many ways to earn on bitcoin and i think it will always depend on how we handle our emotions or maybe decision on the feild. Because bitcoin is really risky but we can really earn on it if we always believe on it. Risk is always there, but if we have experience or learning i believe that we can really handle this risk.

But the point is, even with the hard volatility of bitcoin, it always goes up no matter what. It is just that how people will test their patience on this since they will only lose once they sold.

Risky as it is, but the article is saying that with the lots of recognitions to bitcoin as a legal currency by most of the first world countries, we can say that in the future there's no way bitcoin will just an ordinary asset that swings with no specific value or being treated as the risky investment after all.

Actually, even we lose $10,000 or more from buying bitcoin at the peak then a crash happened later on, as long as we don't liquidate it yet, we are actually not on loss by figures. Just hold.

The risk associated with the entire cryptocurrency market can not be overlooked, cryptocurrency as a fiancial system is well connected with risk and i guess that's why the outside world is finding quite difficult to accept the fully use of cryptocurrency. As a digital currency, cryptocurrency cannot be compare to other investments options such as real estate, gold and equity.  It would be great if new people that want to join the market knows the risk associated with it

I would rather be realistic than trying to sugar coat. Bitcoin as safest of all assets? Come on man. Volatility is a big issue, reason why many small investors will be reluctant. They cannot simply afford to lose big. Nevermind tha whales, as they are eager to gamble millions of dollars in any trading market.

You cant really stop people on not to differentiate things - from risk to profitability issues between markets.There would always be a comparison because thats how investors or people observed into things that
can give out the chances on making money.They will surely hesitate since this one is volatile plus it isnt regulated one.We do see lots of negative inputs or views towards crypto but come to think it doesnt only giving out
to make money but also to put up in mind on whats its tech usage which is more beneficial on todays transaction.

Agree to this one which using the word 'safe' even on other conventional investments wont really suit out because anything do have corresponding risk.

That's why many people will suggest the cryptocurrency market is unpredictable because most of the whales will manipulate according to their way. People who spend millions will always make decent profit others who are afraid towards trading will always lose their huge amount of money.

Bitcoin is a safe coin at this time and the risk may be greatly reduced if you buy it cheaply. Last month, Bitcoin used to drop to $3800 and that was the price I bought, so please take time to analyze before the uptrend of this market returns. Of course risks can happen at any time, but if you have the knowledge you will never fail here.

Nah, it is not just simply as that. You can never think the risk because you are buying at a cheap price but though you do make it the risk remains. You can see the market makes pumps right after you buy bitcoin nor you are sure as well that it drops. You can't be confident enough that you'll never lose because of that. The volatility feature of the market makes crypto becomes risky and it remains to be like that.

That is why many people had failed because they don't understand the market.

If you have Funds to invest and can carry longer time?then Bitcoin is not that risky because this can stand longer before you gain profit.
but if you are just investing to make Money instantly then you are in the wrong place because this Volatile market can bring down you capital in just a day or if not luck hours after .so take a look at this thing before investing because just what the top posters says,this is a New technology and adoption will take time before being taken.

risky is a part of the investment project like for example, positive and negative side is being required to become common, so you need to select a positive side as possible to work hard, so practically, if you want to be a part of cryptocurrency activity you should have to learn the layout and follow the correct procedure and pattern and never mind the negative elements to prevent boom, another example is blockchain you need to clarify the situation of your chain to keep away from harm to ensure its properly connected, so if you thinking about volatility it something like an incubator egg turning is required and nothing is exempted.

And that statement is not entirely true, you need to know in the world of Crypto, especially in trading, a technical analysis tool was certainly created as a parameter when carrying out the trade.
Indeed, the pope can do whatever he wants, but there is a limit where the pope also cannot do something, when in technical analysis has reached a certain point.

This isn't a biased view if you take to consider the experiences of each every one of people in crypto space. You may think it is a biased view because your sympathy is with the beginners, I guess. We all understand that bitcoin is very volatile, the price movement is hard to follow, but the experience ones knows how to handle such situation. People now are under fear and doubts when bitcoin is declining, guess what those who are in bitcoin since the beginning then? chilling like nothing's happening. What the guys on the price resistance is taking much risks than those who only invest with cryptocurrency, always remember that.

I think if you have proper knowledge about bitcoin,how its work,how to trade in bitcoin then you have zero risk in trading.Otherhand you don't have any knowledge about bitcoin then it's supper risky whatever you trading or not. So gain proper knowledge subject about bitcoin & its usecase then it will be easier & easier to you.

It is not about earning in Bitcoin instead this is about how Bitcoin will change our life in future.

There are so many things that matters in this market and most people looking for Profit when the thing is they don't even know whats the technology behind this.

This will be risky if we don't know what we are investing for,if this is for easy money or preparation for our future.

Despite your knowledge, you will never be able to predict the future.

What I am saying here is that with this volatile market, it is impossible to say that you will have no risk trading or investing at all. The risk is always there, the risk is unavoidable there, it is simply inevitable. It is true that you should gain proper knowledge before investing and trading but always remember that the risk is always there and it will be you who will be minimizing that risk and that also means minimizing your losses.

For some people volatile is a disadvantage whereas most other people are making use of the same volatility of bitcoin. How you are dealing with one particular characteristics of an investment opportunity is going to decide your level of success. People who are adopting bitcoin with the long-term goal is definitely already might how realized that and most other people are still staying away and watching how bitcoiner are making good profits out of little risk but in long-term and regretting for not adopting bitcoin earlier.

I agree all the people who have adopted bitcoin did not get chances to make easy money because they are usually rushing to encash their bitcoins but people who are opting for long-term holding definitely making big profits. Only long-term holding makes bitcoin not as risky as many people do think.

What this author is saying is the same thing that everyone has already been saying. He’s still saying that Bitcoin is decentralized and government cannot control, or stop transactions and trading of bitcoin. These things are no longer something new, everyone already knew about this. Yes Bitcoin is safe in the sense that it cannot be controlled by anyone, it is free from such.

But when it comes to the price, the fear that most people do have is that it is volatile, they fear that they might invest and the price will crash and make them lose their money. So, the explanation they are giving the article doesn’t really answer the question. Although that doesn’t change the fact that Bitcoin is very good.

They do not really know what they are talking about when they say it is "risky and volatile" honestly. Risky is a subjective term that you can't really put into a data set, how is it risky, why is it risky, how much riskier it is than some others, what constitutes risky word for it? I mean there are so many questions that could be asked about it.

However, volatility is data based and we can talk about it. Does the price of bitcoin go up and down too much? Sure, is it volatile? Sure. But do we know why it is volatile? Yes we do, it is not as big as the other regulated markets and there is a lack of liquidity, so when a billion dollar movement happens in stock market it is not too big but when it happens in crypto its huge. This is something that will pass over time.

You may think that everyone knows about bitcoin not being controlled or whatever but you are forgetting the fact that it is US that knows this and not all the people in the world. There are two types of people who combined makes 98%+ of the whole population I suppose (can't really know the exact number).

One is the people who have no idea about bitcoin to this day, they might have heard about it or read a news about it and all of that but they never got into it, never researched it, all they did was saw some news about it on tv type of awareness, or maybe they are tribes in some off coast place frankly same because neither knows the details.

Second type is the people who are interested in bitcoin but so focused on the trading part and "getting rich very quickly" part that they have no idea what bitcoin is other than something they can "buy low and sell high and retire early" which is honestly idiotic anyway. Those people are not really aware how awesome decentralization is at all, its just people who got into bitcoin that knows about it.

Yeah we know the volume but we know that i do have positive and negative impressions towards that yet we know on how btc transactions could really be involved
when it comes to money laundering and due to its anonymous feature thats why government do really see it on not to really be that good.So it isnt surprising that it would
really have that kind of treatment or shall we say it doesnt really put up into some consideration but somehow adoption is still on the move though.

People may think in their way, it's not the problem anymore, the main problem is the price volatility, people always assume what they actually see around themselves, so it's a normal scenario about Bitcoin, some say Bitcoin is the best platform for making trade and some pay heed on this platform according to their experience and some people always try to keep aside themselves from Bitcoin, Scene is different, But if you want to hear me then obviously I can say that Bitcoin is the best platform for making investment and trade, Nothing compares to this Bitcoin because it's the Godmother of the Cryptocurrency. that's enough.

You have forgotten one thing as a bitcoiner, the volatility of the cryptocurrency, especially that of Bitcoin made it more risky than another market even though the stock Market tend to follow suit. I would not encourage anyone who have low understanding of the technology to just jump into Bitcoin investment because of it volatility. The market is a full scale speculatives modes type and this make it risky too mate. I could still remember that, my first time of investing into Bitcoin was full of fun and was able to maximize my profit than but things have changed that investment into Bitcoin is a "must careful investment".

They shouldn't have to jump otherwise, they'll be suffering a big loss and disappointment.

The reality must be cleared enough and the risk involved in crypto is totally far from what we knew in the local stock market investment. But if you are truly a risk-takers, why should you get some try? Actually, some people aren't believing through talks only but experiencing them in the actual scenarios will help them to find out and knows how crypto works.

People do have always that curiosity in mind thats why they do really jump into things which they havent tried out in spite of other peoples suggestion and reminders.Yes, this market is more risky if we compared to other markets but way more profitable if you did able to make the right move but if not then expect for big losses since we know on how volatile the market is.You would surely realize when the market messes up with you
but well its our money and we do have the full control of it no matter how hard you do convince other people they would surely proceed on things on whats up to their minds.

These theories are no different from what the whales say. All are the plans of those who have money They hire bloggers and write nice things about crypto. Later when more people believed in bitcoin, they invested and bought more. then the sharks will be the market controllers and sell it down. In the article that you put out, I do not see what is reasonable. The comparisons are approximate and very general. It says nothing about the security of crypto. capitalization is small and this is why whales are always in control of the market.

The above article has a very lame comparison. they only compared to the stock market recently when corona virus devastated. but they didn't know that at that time, bitcoin was divided 3 times from the top?
This article is really not fair and true. It seems to be written by a journalist who is in fomo bitcoin state. It is clear that the stock market is always under control and there are always rules when there is a strong sell-off. As for the crypto market, nobody controls it and that's the market maker's playground.

When you look at the stock market during this crisis they have drop significantly this past few days considering they are what they call stable assets and with the continues money printing out of nothing their not really creating value. Their just taking value from other money in circulation. I consider Bitcoin as hedge in all these Economic instability that safely store value despite critics saying its a scam or bubble.

I believe that as well, bitcoin is a good hedge because this shows how transparent this market is.
We can't print here, we are just basing on the supply and demand and no manipulation like the government could do, which their people will pay in the end and the fiat will just suffer inflation without some people knowing about about on how it works.

Well,  hopefully we can win the battle against the FED, it's a hard mission but it's not impossible and what we need is just real adoption in the crypto market to make these things possible.

I agree with you, that printing more money will not solve the economic crush we're all going to see very shortly. Bitcoin was made for this exact purpose. Like many of you postulated, BTC's value should prevail and I find that there wasn't a better time for this than now. Amidst the stability that BTC provides, investment in crypto can be risky, I'm not going to lie about that, is there any investment that it isn't all about the risk?

Just because other things are considerably riskier or at least close to bitcoin, that doesn't mean bitcoin is not risky neither. That just means other things are as risky as bitcoin, instead of bitcoin not being less risky.

Bitcoin is still considerably riskier compared to many things in financial world not because it is not making big movements in the long term, if you buy now and wait 5 years you will realize that the profit you make is realistic, however if you look inside that 5 year period you will see it going up and down constantly with HUGE differences, like x10 up x5 down x7 up x3 down and so forth, which is why short term it is still quite risky and probably the riskiest thing you can invest to, just not so much when you look at the bigger picture.

 It is still an unregulated industry that is mostly run by thieves and scammers, but one thing we can all be sure of is the availability of endless amounts of mining profitability. It is possible to mine Bitcoin for free by using open-source hardware and software (there is a guide to getting started). To fully understand the Bitcoin mining process, I would highly recommend watching this video from Bitsonline's introduction to Bitcoin mining: http://bitsonline.com/how-to-mine-bitcoin/

It's true that bitcoin isn't as risky as others think. If we understand the movements of bitcoin, we must feel that bitcoin is not at risk,
most people who call bitcoin at risk because of short-term trading. It is true that bitcoin if hold in the short-term is at risk because
of its price volatile. Try investing in bitcoin in the long-term, around 5-10 years. It would definitely say bitcoin is very safe, bitcoin if
hold the long-term can provide huge profits.

I agree about that and also, even though this pandemic never existed I personally believe bitcoin is an asset that can still be said to be safe if they are able to maintain it well then everything will remain good, because that risk will always be there and that risk can also be minimized and even avoided when they have good understanding and skills. Anyway, when the situation changes, the asset or oil will also recover soon, because there must be a period where this crisis will get worse and of course the panic is not easy to avoid when this situation.

Yeah, having a basic knowledge can equally be a savior during risk taking. Many who are supposed to be leading the way for newbies are fond of giving some unrealistic help to newbies in the world of cryptocurrency. Many have advise the newbies that; those who wants to start trading Cryptocurrency of any type should know this: "Buy low and sell high", currently, the cryptocurrency market has grown beyond this scope, at least ensure to understand some TA before venturing into the trading zone of cryptocurrency.

Every investment seems to look risky at first that is why many people have been failed at their first attempt because of the lack of experience and as well as market understanding. If we think about worries, losing our money...this will be changing our mindset and turns into doom. The word risk will also matter how we deal with it, taking it seriously will have a different result. I assumed that you are right and supposedly to be right, crypto investment is not for everyone and those who are willing to take the risk will surely succeed. That is the reality here.

Bitcoin is not risky when you buy and invest with lower price but how if you invest when bitcoin on the top price and then going on down? will be risk management with investing in bitcoin and altcoin. I think all investment way have big risk except gold because keep touch with higher price.

Bitcoin isn't very risky but if we invest unknowingly the quantity of risk is higher within the case of bitcoin investments they can not analyze the market well in order that they face losses. If we analyze the market well and invest then we will reduce the danger and achieve success Long-term investments are better for bitcoin investments where the quantity of losses is a smaller amount.

If your considering bitcoin a long-term investment it will bring a less risky compared to a short-term which the price varies a lot and it might be a wrong move if you sell in the wrong place. If you will investment this time, it will be a great move not just for today but also for the future. Many people missed the ride in the last bull run but it might happen again. You might not want to miss it again so do I. It's always have a risk but that risk is worth to take.

Bitcoin has a lot of factor that can really affect its price, most especially that there are also coins that is implemented in the market, not only bitcoin. The answer to the is, if you're really a fan of bitcoin and you are willing to have an investment with it, you should overcome those volatility and risk in its price. Bitcoin is really a good store of value but it is in your own way and strategy on how you will overcome and manipulate your bitcoin without loss or minimizing the losses that you do. It depends on how you will seize the opportunity and take advantage of its volatility because the timing and patience is essential in managing bitcoin in the market for you to have profit. You should accept the fact that bitcoin is not that easy to predict in the market.

No other coin give me calmness like Bitcoin, even when price drop alot it don't worry, selling when price fall is where you lose, if you still have your BTC in your wallet you have nothing to worry about, but since it's something we can't control it's still risky

Yes it is, duh.

But in today's economy nothing is risk free really, including the traditional fiat currencies...

its depends on how you handle, every investments are very risky and we all know that bitcoin is very volatile..

Actually risk measurement depends on many things.

-how much wealth you have?
-how security have you given for that?
-how many wealth you will invest in a body?
-have you read whole roadmap before investment?
-How markets going that wealth you have?
-have you any idea before investment?.. etc

BTC is also like me a wealth of my life. So i have to take decision how well designed my wealth i will spend or invest. Here i must have to see market condition and investment body and finally there depends my BTC is in much risky or not.

I like bitcoin for its volatility) And I am sure that many traders are also happy about this. It is the volatility of bitcoin that allows traders to earn dollars. But for ordinary people who are not involved in trading, volatility presents a high risk of losing their savings.

Risk is something you manage yourself, not the products you are using manages for you, nothing is risky if you are careful and everything is risky if you are not.

Let's say I make 2k a month, I have 10k aside, and I have 100k worth of assets, if I end up getting a loan of 50k and go all into bitcoin, that doesn't change the fact that its risky, I can go into stocks, gold, forex, real estate, doesn't really matter, as long as I can't afford it that is still risky.

However lets assume I make 20k per month, have 500k aside and 2 million dollars worth of assets, I can put in 1k into the craziest and worst ICO project we have ever seen and its still not risky because it doesn't mean much to me even if I lose it. So it is not what you invest into that makes it risky or not, it is your situation.

Lolz this is very funny. Why does people only talk about Bitcoin and calling it a scam? What about altcoins, are they not scams too?
I am not going to blame them, it’s all because Bitcoin is still new and they don’t know anything about it.

There are some that have never heard about Bitcoin and the first time they hear about it, the first thing they are being told is that bitcoin is a scam. That’s very bad.

But, I’m happy because despite everything that has happened, bitcoin never fails. Even in times when there are minor setbacks, it still recovers and start going back up. All them that hates Bitcoin will be the ones that will be disappointed at last.

No risk,No gain.There are nothing as investment and business that haven't risk.If you want to get something you should have to cross by plans, situation, experience, tension and so on.Btc is risky of course but this is the characteristics of online platform or virtual business area.

Nothing is risky, until and unless you have the capabilities to bear losses.
Coming to Bitcoin, then it won't give you huge losses as compared to other Coins.
It's seen in the past few years that, Bitcoin is falling down and also rising. It is stuck around 10k to 12k USD from the last few time.
So at this point of time, investing in Bitcoin, won't be any big deal.
Yes anything can happen if you are thinking for long term investment.
Hope this helps you OP.

I can't agree with that at once.
Blockchain, Bitcoin is a platform where you have the opportunity to do many things. Bitcoin is not risky. Bitcoin has become risky for some people and everyone is terrified of this. Even in such an awkward/pandemic situation, Bitcoin is still active and income is going to be made from here. So how do we call it risky? People are doing bad things by using bitcoin. Bitcoin is not the only one responsible for this. People can use one thing for good and another for bad. And if we talk about investment and trading, then these risks are also offline.

You bumped a couple of months old thread, I guess mistakenly and it is a good practice to avoid bumping threads unless something new is there regarding that particular topic ;).

Bitcoins as an investment for long term is NOT risky but as a trader who wish to sell their coins quickly and make profits Bitcoins can be troubling because the price swings too much too quickly and if you are someone who panics easily then be aware that you will have a few ups and downs during the journey and don't expect a steep growth continuously. We have seen how in the past years bitcoins has dropped but then again hit back and with each coming year we see a better average price overall.

These are golden words!) Bull run period is always a period for traders and investors. A good amount of capital, awareness and timeliness should get you there. I believe in Bitcoin, and in my own success 8)

This is for sure, very risky if we aren't sensitive to the market. Bitcoin is very valuable, increasing or decreasing a few hundred or several thousand dollars during the day is very common, so don't panic is the best way to limit the risk.

Bítcoin is a speculative asset so its risky to invest or trade with. Transactions are safe and almost everything is transparent but the risky part is trading and and holding.. If anyone says btc is not risky, probably they are very new to it or very new to cryptocurrency in general.

until whenever Bitcoin will be very risky, not much different from other digital assets...
but if you think too much about the risks, you will not dare to enter the market and trade with Bitcoin. The huge risks in Bitcoin are balancing with the profits that can you take if you are aware of that.

Bitcoin is a risky type of investment because it is highly volatile, but it it is safer than investing into new ICO or token, because there are so many project that is scam and it is not really safe for investing, some project are not scam but in a long run they will slowly gone and their token has slowly down in terms of value. So for me it is bitcoin is not that risky as many people think.

There is no certainty about new projects, and even DeFi projects do not inspire much confidence. No one will say how long these coins will last in the market or whether they will survive at all. A Bitcoin has been in demand for 10 years and has been holding a leading position in the market, despite the fact that its price has a very strong volatility. But if a person invests in Bitcoin for the long term, then there is nothing to fear.