I don´t know the history about private trackers so I think that you can explain me their "Belle Époque".

Probably the Oink's Pink Palace or What.cd for some

I think we're already in the Golden Age, considering there are so many trackers out there waiting for us


If you want to know more about the history of torrent trackers, read here: Timeline of file sharing

2012-2016. there was so much competition. with the likes of sceneaccess torrentshack gft on pre. publichd vs chd for early bd50 releases. imo it was golden age.

I think the golden age was the mid to late 2000's. When Piratebay, Kickass, Isohunt and Demonoid were all active and weren't getting releases taken down.

KAT was the ultimate tracker, but the owner got caught and charged