2014 was an amazing year for BTC but not for the "get rich quick trolls"
compared to december 2013 it is very quiet here in the forum. i like that. most new members dont understand BTC and dont want to take time for that . thats good for the tech-guys that stay and know what they are doing and investing.
I was merely a lurker in late Nov but it did seem very hectic around that time and I guess it was due to the excitement of the price rise and the influx of those newbs looking to get rich quick. Most have probably just left or jumped ship to the alt coin section trying to get rich there now.
The alt coin section consists almost entirely of those kids trying make a bit of money of pump and dumps. 99% of alts are trash and have absolutely no purpose other than to suck newbs in then the coin gets pumped and dumped and only the devs who premined the shit out of it win. Rinse and repeat.
when bitcoin fails, all other alts will fail too. no alt will win over bitcoin. (Litecoin can be happy to be number 2 for such a long time
)so future looks great but we should not forget that crypto is high risk
- but its fun too. 
. I think people should worry less abotu the curent price and more on adoption as that is the thing that will ultimately fuel a price hike.