were only half way into 2016 i think its a little early to be saying that
Well, its not early I would say, you see halvning is coming and at the same time there are some nice gambling sites taking shape, added to this more and more bitcoins related sites are being introduced.
I think 2016 is the year that will make developing bitcoin, and bitcoin year likely will occur in 2017 may be the year, bitcoin has been accepted all over the place, and it will be new
What is the basis anyway for calling it a year for bitcoin? Because if the big changes on pricing then I would say that 2016 is the year of bitcoins because the halving will take place on that year. 2017 price will be stable and more adopters will come in.