There was so much that you can do with bitcoin. You can establish an online store where you can accept not only local customers but customers outside your country and get easily paid with bitcoin. So is bitcoin worth that much? I would say certainly. What matters is the planning that you have to do in order to earn so much using it.
The earning opportunities are endless in bitcoin field and if one can spend some time in bitcoin related tasks, one can get very good income from it. Just need some planning and one can succeed.