Bitcoins Are Virtually Worthless 21.36K Adrian Chen 10/17/11 12:39PM Filed to: The Internet The Internet Bitcoins Economics Hackers Tweetv Tweetg Remember Bitcoins, the digital cash useful for buying drugs on a underground website and not much else? Even with a recent New Yorker feature, a Bitcoin is now worth just $2.80—down from a 2011 peak of $33. [via]