COMMON STOCK (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2023 USD ($) shares	Feb. 23, 2023 item $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($) vote $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 $ / shares shares	Feb. 22, 2023 shares
COMMON STOCK
Number of proposals approved | item		2
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 0.001						$ 0.001		$ 0.001
Common stock shares authorized (in shares)		400,000,000						400,000,000		400,000,000	200,000,000
Preferred stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 0.001						$ 0.001		$ 0.001
Preferred stock shares authorized (in shares)		100,000,000						100,000,000		100,000,000	25,000,000
Authorized shares (in shares)								500,000,000
Common stock number of votes | vote								1
Issuance of stock (in shares)	40,764,706					7,481,747
Issuance of stock | $						$ 9,400		$ 50,650	$ 26,309
Net proceeds from issued of common stocking including ATM Offering | $	$ 26,600					$ 5,100		$ 50,722	26,562
Number of shares in each unit (in shares)						1
Number of warrants in each unit (in shares)						1
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares						$ 1.93		$ 0.58
Threshold trading days for weighted average price calculation						10 days
Weighted average price of last 10 days (in dollars per share) | $ / shares						$ 1.26
Aggregate purchase price | $						$ 3,500
Proceeds from warrant issuances | $						$ 4,300		$ 0	2,500
Warrants issued to lenders (in shares)						2,667,678
Proceeds from warrant exercises | $									$ 3
Warrant exercise (in shares)								0	342,326
Dividends declared (in dollar per share) | $ / shares								$ 0	$ 0
Exchange Agreement
COMMON STOCK
TeraClub shares converted to TeraWulf shares (in shares)				12,000,000
New Exchange Warrants
COMMON STOCK
Number of shares issued for warrant exercise (in shares)				12,000,000
New exchange warrants issued (in shares)				12,000,000
Strike price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.0001
Subscription agreements with February Common Stock Investors
COMMON STOCK
Issuance of stock (in shares)			1,386,467
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.68
Proceeds from private placement | $			$ 900
Private Placement
COMMON STOCK
Percentage of warrants exercised				50.00%
Proceeds from warrant exercises | $				$ 1,800
Percentage of warrants expired				50.00%
Private Placement | December Warrants
COMMON STOCK
Net proceeds from issued of common stocking including ATM Offering | $					$ 5,400
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares					$ 0.40
Proceeds from warrant issuances | $					$ 1,300
Warrants issued to lenders (in shares)					8,750,000
Private Placement | Warrant subscription agreement | Warrant Investors
COMMON STOCK
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.00001
Warrants issued to lenders (in shares)				1
Warrants issued (in shares)				2,380,952
Private Placement | Warrant subscription agreement | January 2023 Warrants
COMMON STOCK
Issuance of stock (in shares)				2,380,952
Proceeds from issuance of equity | $				$ 2,500
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 1.05
Number of shares issued for warrant exercise (in shares)				2,380,952
December Private Placement
COMMON STOCK
Issuance of stock (in shares)					16,850,000
Aggregate offering price | $					$ 6,700
Price per share (in dollar per share) | $ / shares					$ 0.40
Number of warrants issued (in shares)					11,250,000
January Private Placement
COMMON STOCK
Issuance of stock | $				$ 1,800
Price per share (in dollar per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.40
Proceeds from issuance of equity | $				$ 30,000
ATM Sales Agreement
COMMON STOCK
Issuance of stock (in shares)								23,268,600	0
Issuance of stock | $								$ 50,700
April ATM Sales Agreement
COMMON STOCK
Common stock par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares							$ 0.001
Aggregate offering price | $							$ 200,000
Percentage of commission o gross proceed							3.00%
Remaining shares to be issued | $								$ 28,900
Over-Allotment Option
COMMON STOCK
Issuance of stock (in shares)			36,764,706
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.68
Term of over allotment option			30 days
Number of additional shares granted (in shares)			5,514,705
Number of common stock elected to purchase (in shares)			4,000,000
Series A Preferred Stock
COMMON STOCK
Preferred stock shares authorized (in shares)								1