Anything there is a risk, even if we do not specify the option then there is a risk of loss of time, I think, currently bitcoin is better than gold because it has been proven to be beneficial to hundreds of percent in a short time.
I believe that it is still too early to jump in to such conclusions. Look at the last 4-5 days. The exchange rates have declined by almost 5% and a lot of short-term investors have lost their money. But the big deal is on August 1. No one is sure how the hard/soft fork is going to impact the Bitcoin exchange rates. A lot of uncertainty is there.