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Total costs related to services rendered by an entity during the reporting period.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2018 USD ($) Bitcoin	Oct. 12, 2017 USD ($) Bitcoin	Jan. 09, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 $ / shares shares
Series F Warrant [Member]
Operating Leases Commitments And Security Deposit [Line Items]
Number of common stock purchase during period \| shares					436,100
Initial exercise price \| $ / shares					$ 2.00
Two Management Agreements [Member]
Operating Leases Commitments And Security Deposit [Line Items]
Number of bitcoin mining machines purchased \| Bitcoin			2,376
Purchase of assets			$ 3,650
Cash paid advance			$ 691
User distribution portion description			The User Distribution Portion is 50% of the amount of Bitcoin mined net of the operating fee (10% of the total Bitcoin mined) and the electricity cost.
Common stock option exercisable period			3 years
Other Management Agreement [Member] \| Third Party [Member]
Operating Leases Commitments And Security Deposit [Line Items]
Number of bitcoin mining machines purchased \| Bitcoin		200
Purchase of assets		$ 428
Beacon Leasing LLC [Member] \| 24 Months [Member]
Operating Leases Commitments And Security Deposit [Line Items]
Monthly rent				$ 810
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Services cost				$ 1,620
Buckhead Crypto [Member] \| Management Agreement Termination [Member]
Operating Leases Commitments And Security Deposit [Line Items]
Purchase of assets	$ 767
Cash paid advance	$ 133