$10,000 might happen only if dollar loses it's value like 1000 times compared to other major currencies

2014 is the year of bitcoin, but not in the way you think it is.

Look at all the new merchants accepting bitcoin.

Dell, Expedia, Newegg, Dish, Paypal, etc.

Just wait a little bit for the commons to realize the impact of this, and you'll see that the price will follow eventually.

Yes, the price will most likely skyrocket in 2015 rather than 2014, but the reasons for the increase have their foundation in the events that happen now.

You see, events and price do not influence each other in real-time. There's a massive delay between them.

I don't suppose you will want to come to Cape Town South Africa?

I think we are now in the final phase where coins can be accumulated relatively cheaply. Who knows how long it will last? I personally think we will move sharply up in the next few weeks or months.

Every day there is new positive news. The auction reinforced the friendly US position towards bitcoin. Several giant retailers have publically integrated bitcoin into their payment systems. Today it was the turn of Newegg.

Over the coming weeks and months I predict user adoption will start to move upwards sharply again. This will cause the price to rise. It will be front run by whales and big players.

A common theme is that bitcoin bubbles reduce in amplitude with each successive leap but I am not so sure. Once a battle for the ATH commences its off to the races.

It is time to speculate to accumulate! Ignore the bears and traders. Look at the big picture. Every single time in the past my only regret with bitcoin is that I didn't buy more when i had the chance. 

(only invest what you can afford to lose!)

We will see 10k $ next year.

Quote me.

The bitcoin value by the end of the year will increase alot, probably about 5000$.

I bought ~ $8000 of FB stock at $47/share back in Oct 2013, with the intention of holding until at least 2015.  But due to an unforeseen expense in March of this year, I had to sell at $68/share.  I still made money, but I was really upset at having to liquidate so soon.

Even at today's price of $75/share, I still wouldn't be surprised to see FB hit $100/sh by the end of the year.

I've noticed that all the major tech stocks (Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, LinkedIn, etc.) have started to slowly pump since the beginning of the month.  IMO, this is a sure sign of a ramp up to new highs this fall.

If we look at Bitcoin, it was first knocked down a bit starting in the middle of the month, in order to liquidate the leveraged longs for better entry positioning.  Typical whale trader behavior (this happens in stocks too), before starting the next ramp up.  I believe this ramp is slowly happening now.  I guess we'll see how it plays out.

Indeed we have. Bitcoin and Namecoin holders have a wealthy future; not so Litecoin, Dogecoin and other shitcoin holders.

I might if we can arrange escrow with predefined prices/dates.

I think we are very close to the start of a new bubble but $10000 is too high, probably the new ATH will be in the 4000-6000$ range.

I don't think anything in particular has to happen, just look at the charts, we always rally during october - november. As for $10000 per coin, no one can say for certain when that will happen. but it is almost certain that we'll pass the previous ATH by the end of the year

bitcoin to $4000 - $6000
litecoin to $150 - $250

Rich is relative.  Your scenario would barely afford a shithole house around these parts.  For others, they'd be set for life.