Yes, it has reached mass awareness and now maintaining the network consumes more electricity than Ireland (https://powercompare.co.uk/bitcoin/ https://powercomp

Yes, it has reached mass awareness and now maintaining the network consumes more electricity than Ireland (https://powercompare.co.uk/bitcoin/ https://powercompare.co.uk/bitcoin/). If the current rate continues it'll consume all the world's energy by 2020. I don't know if it will be gone but something's got to give at this rate.