| CPC G06F 1/20 (2013.01) [B60L 1/00 (2013.01); H05K 7/20863 (2013.01); H05K 7/20872 (2013.01); H05K 7/20881 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |

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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle;
a vehicle computer, wherein the vehicle computer is located at the vehicle;
a vehicle battery;
battery recharging equipment, wherein the battery recharging equipment is located at the vehicle, and further wherein the battery recharging equipment comprises a plug-in recharging system, an electric road inductive charging system or an inductive charging coil, or an electric road electrified contact charging system or a deployable conductor;
a blockchain processing computer, wherein the blockchain processing computer is specially programmed to process, and processes, information for or regarding a blockchain of a blockchain platform or network, wherein the battery recharging equipment provides electrical power to the blockchain processing computer, and further wherein the blockchain processing computer processes information for processing a transaction on or involving the blockchain or processes information for creating or for mining a new block for, for adding to, or for inserting into, the blockchain, wherein the blockchain processing computer is located in, on, or at, the vehicle, and further wherein the vehicle computer monitors or controls an operation of the blockchain processing computer; and
a cooling system, wherein the cooling system provides cooled air or liquid, on, at, or in a vicinity of, the blockchain processing computer, and further wherein the vehicle battery supplies electrical power to the cooling system or the battery recharging equipment provides electrical power to the cooling system, and further wherein the vehicle computer monitors or controls an operation of the cooling system.
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