The number of warrants or rights issued during period.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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-Topic 505
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-Section 50
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of securities into which each warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, each warrant may be converted into two shares.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Period between issuance and expiration of outstanding warrant and right embodying unconditional obligation requiring redemption by transferring asset at specified or determinable date or upon event certain to occur, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Warrant Liabilities - Narrative (Details) - $ / shares				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Warrant Liabilities - Narrative (Details) - $ / shares	Oct. 01, 2020	May 29, 2020	May 28, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 19, 2021	Jul. 01, 2020	Jan. 19, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Oct. 22, 2015
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Outstanding warrants (in shares)					56,494,855
Performance and Incentive Pay Plan
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares available for grant		2,508,002			1,819,814
Performance and Incentive Pay Plan \| Subsequent event
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares available for grant						2,508,002
5-Year Private Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants issued (in shares)		2,500,000	7,740,000		10,240,000
Number of securities called by warrants (in shares)			7,740,000
Warrants, exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 11.50	$ 11.50
Warrant term		5 years	5 years
Outstanding warrants (in shares)		7,740,000			9,888,415				0
Warrants transferred (in shares)					351,585
Seller Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants issued (in shares)					0
Number of securities called by warrants (in shares)	3,487,168				3,487,168		3,210,213	3,569,051		3,210,213
Warrants, exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 41.26	$ 44.82			$ 41.26			$ 40.31		$ 44.82
Warrant term										7 years
Outstanding warrants (in shares)		12,700,000			12,621,623				12,621,623	12,721,623
Warrants transferred (in shares)					0
Number of securities called by each warrant (in shares)	0.27411				0.27411		0.2523	0.28055		0.25234
Units issued (in shares)	4,951,388
Seller Warrants \| Subsequent event
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants (in shares)						3,569,051
Warrants, exercise price (in dollars per share)						$ 40.31
Number of securities called by each warrant (in shares)						0.28055
Five-year Public Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants, exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 11.50
Warrant term		5 years
Outstanding warrants (in shares)					24,401,483
Warrants transferred (in shares)				351,585
Units issued (in shares)		3,249,999	20,800,000