Who gives a shit about $1000... none of us are gonna be rich with $1000/btc
Where is $3000?
I don't think that $1,000 is a BIG deal, but there are quite a few coins getting put up for sale at that price point, so it is nice seeing the price go past that.
I get excited every time that BTC's price goes past its previous high points... $778 was exciting and $1163 is going to be exciting too.
Sure $3,000 is going to be exciting as well, but I think that we can feel pretty solid about our investment while we continue to experience upwards and onwardly upwards prices.. even if the percentage is less than 5x or 3x for that matter.
Actually, even averaging 10% per year is going to beat most traditional investments, but if you average out Bitcoin, we still have way higher performance, even accounting for the one bear year (2014)