BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND/OR HYBRID VEHICLES

An apparatus including a computer, wherein the computer is specially programmed to process, and processes, information for or regarding a blockchain of a blockchain platform or network, and further wherein the 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 computer is located in, on, or at, a vehicle, a vehicle battery, wherein the vehicle battery supplies electrical power to the computer; and a cooling system, wherein the cooling system provides cooled air or liquid, on, at, or in the vicinity of, the computer, and further wherein the vehicle battery supplies electrical power to the cooling system.