Disgraced bitcoin evangelist Charlie Shrem is already talking about a comeback.

Minutes after pleading guilty to helping drug dealers launder $1 million via the virtual currency — through the illicit Silk Road website — Shrem’s lawyer said his client is hoping the bitcoin industry welcomes him back with open arms.

“If permitted to be involved in bitcoin, he would pursue it doggedly,” said Marc Agnifilo outside Manhattan federal court on Thursday. “If God smiles upon him, hopefully he will be back in the bitcoin business,” Agnifilo said.

Any pals of the 24-year-old felon, however, shouldn’t plan the welcome-back party yet.

Under his plea agreement, Shrem faces up to five years in prison.

“I knew that what I did was wrong,” Shrem told Judge Jed Rakoff. “I am pleading guilty because I am guilty.”

Shrem ran BitInstant, a bitcoin exchange, before he was busted by the FBI.

His co-conspirator, Robert Faiella — who ran an unlicensed money-transmitting business that Shrem was helping — also pleaded guilty on Thursday to facilitating bitcoin transactions that he knew were “being used to buy illegal narcotics.”

Faiella, 54, also faces up to five years in prison.

The sentencing for both men is set for Jan. 20.

Shrem’s desire to get back in the bitcoin game could be met with resistance as the industry seeks to repair bitcoin’s reputation as the currency for criminals.

“It may be difficult for him,” Steven Lord, a bitcoin expert, told The Post. “The more mature the industry gets … the less likely they are to be tolerant of this kind of thing. I think the community will probably be split,” he said.

Indeed, three men who identified themselves as bitcoin fans — including one gentleman who was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a bright orange bitcoin logo — were in the courtroom supporting Shrem.

Asked whether the BitInstant co-founder should be allowed back in the industry, one of the men, who identified himself as Henrik Hgelte, said “yes.” But when asked why, he declined to elaborate.

Of course, Shrem has more than the guilty plea to answer for. Months before he was arrested at JFK airport in January for his dealings with Faiella, Shrem faced numerous customer complaints about BitInstant.

The company was blasted online by angry customers for long transaction delays — some of which stretched for days.

“They guaranteed coins in one hour and they have had my money for over two days now,” one customer wrote at the time.

Another customer complained of a five-day delay.

BitInstant’s delays prompted a warning letter from Ben Lawsky, head of the New York Department of Financial Services. Lawsky has since moved to regulate bitcoin in New York.