as far as price goes and the rise of it, we are all happy and enjoy the rise. and it has been rising so far with a very solid rate.
but as far as adoption goes, we are not yet close to the golden ages. and i will call a year a "golden year" when we can see some real adoption and see some more people seeing bitcoin as a currency.
yes from the very beginning of 2017 the price of bitcoin is increasing, therefore we can expect that the price of bitcoin will cross 2000 USD level very soon and that is the reason that 2017 will be the golden year of 2017.
$2000 could be reached by the end of the year, so it is not very soon.