Indeed it is risky, Since bitcoins are highly volatile, So many bitcoin hater's try's to spread its bad reputation in social sites but there's nothing they can do because somehow many of us willing to take risk just to earn double or triple digit profit.
Government is the number 1 spreader of this bad news.. I think the equality of risks and benefits of bitcoin were more on benefits,as you can see many were hook up to this bitcoin because of the idea of decentralization.. No corrupt government official could steal it from us like they do with the taxes we had on our paper money.. also it is volatile.. so it can make us reach if we learn to hold.