Yes it is. Lots of people loose their money in entering in the field that they dont know or did not research before entering. Risking in investment is not giving out your money you might want to know what your risking for. Now bitcoin is nearing to another all time high so if you throw your money now and it suddenly dip then it will take a while to be up again. It's a very volatile market so you need to learn about it if you don't want to loose your money.