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Series F Warrant [Member]
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Warrants Initial exercise price \| $ / shares												$ 2.00		$ 2.00
Warrants exercisable term														3 years
Two Management Agreements [Member]
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Number of bitcoin mining machines purchased \| Bitcoin										2,376
Purchase of assets										$ 3,650
Other payables										$ 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.
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Purchase of assets									$ 428
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