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Fair Value Measurement - Convertible Note (Details) - Convertible Notes - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair value, liability, beginning balance	$ 0	$ 0
Fair value of new issuances	38,520,000	0
Conversion of Convertible Note into common stock	(481,728)	0
Change in fair value for the year	981,728	0
Fair value, liability, ending balance	$ 39,020,000	$ 0

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of issuances of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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The net amount of stock issued during the period upon the conversion of convertible securities, net of adjustments (for example, to additional paid in capital) including the write-off of an equity component recognized to record the convertible debt instrument as two separate components - a debt component and an equity component. This item is meant to disclose the value of shares issued on conversion of convertible securities that were recorded as two separate (debt and equity) components.

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