trade and investment will always be faced with risks, be it small or big risks.
Investing in crypto certainly has a more severe risk if someone doesn't understand how, but profits can also be obtained that exceed the risks that will occur.
In my opinion, to minimize the risks that you will get, it is better for you to put your money in crypto which has good potential in the future.
Of course, in all fields there must be risks including investing in crypto, you are absolutely right, the size of the risk depends on the average level of one's knowledge. Actually you can do a number of things to minimize losses, one of which, as you said, is looking for a coin with long-term potential, in my opinion Bitcoin is the right choice. Maintain psychological calm when experiencing losses, because this has a very negative impact on their trading, most of the losses come from greed and greed.