Yes it already secured it's position in the year 2017, many people are now days looking some thing new in their daily life so my though is government should elaborate bitcoin technology through out the world wide and make announcement that bitcoin can use able like gold. Bitcoin is completely digital currency and is limited we cannot able to mine more than that like gold.
I think in this year the price of bitcoin will increase and many people will start to use it. Furthermore, I think the knowledeg about bitcoin will spread in all country and I guess many potential investors will invest in bitcoin. I think at the end of this year 2017 the price of bitcoin will rapidly increase.