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Digital Assets - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Bitcoin	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Bitcoin	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 14, 2021
Digital Assets [Line Items]
Number of bitcoins purchased \| Bitcoin	53,922	70,469
Purchases of digital assets, amount	$ 2,626,529	$ 1,125,000	$ 0
Per day fee of simple interest under trade credit agreement	0.03%
Trade credits payable	$ 0
Digital asset impairment losses	$ 830,621	$ 70,698	$ 0
Number of carrying value bitcoins \| Bitcoin	124,391	70,469
Digital assets	$ 2,850,210	$ 1,054,302
Cumulative impairment of digital assets	901,300	70,700
Sale of digital assets	$ 0	$ 0
Number of bitcoins held as collateral \| Bitcoin	13,449
Convertible Senior Notes due 2027
Digital Assets [Line Items]
Interest rate, fixed percentage	0.00%
Senior Secured Notes Due Twenty Twenty Eight
Digital Assets [Line Items]
Interest rate, fixed percentage	6.125%			6.125%
Minimum
Digital Assets [Line Items]
MacroStrategy LLC minimum aggregate cash and bitcoin collateral while trade credits outstanding	$ 75,000