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	May 01, 2025 USD ($)	May 02, 2025 USD ($) Bitcoin $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) Bitcoin shares	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($) Bitcoin
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Bitcoins Purchased \| Bitcoin			80,715	25,128
Purchase of bitcoins, value			$ 7,661,663	$ 1,639,309
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Bitcoins Purchased \| Bitcoin		27,265
Purchase of bitcoins, value		$ 2,450,000
Purchase price per bitcoin \| $ / shares		$ 89,710
At The Market Offering
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issuance of stock during period (in shares) \| shares			349,907
Net proceeds received from shares sold under such sales agreement			$ 30,400
Remaining available for issuance and sale under such sales agreement			$ 20,970,000
At The Market Offering \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issuance of stock during period (in shares) \| shares		1,101,674
Net proceeds received from shares sold under such sales agreement		$ 97,050
Remaining available for issuance and sale under such sales agreement		$ 20,870,000
Class A Common Stock \| October 2024 Sales Agreement \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Issuance of stock during period (in shares) \| shares		7,088,537
Class A Common Stock \| TD Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., The Benchmark Company, LLC, BTIG, LLC, Canaccord Genuity LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Maxim Group LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Santander US Capital Markets LLC and SG Americas Securities, LLC \| October 2024 Sales Agreement \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Net proceeds received from shares sold under such sales agreement		$ 2,360,000
Class A Common Stock \| TD Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., The Benchmark Company, LLC, BTIG, LLC, Canaccord Genuity LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Maxim Group LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Santander US Capital Markets LLC and SG Americas Securities, LLC \| Maximum \| May 2025 Sales Agreement \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Aggregate offering	$ 21,000,000
Class A Common Stock \| At The Market Offering \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Remaining available for issuance and sale under such sales agreement		$ 21,000,000