buy_time

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Buys one block of time on your line. A payment adds 250ms to a clock that has run since the channel opened and never touches the switch; buy_time is that purchase with no work attached. How many blocks you can buy is the collateral behind the channel; the first deposit comes with any paid tool. Returns the block bought, the time left on the line and the collateral behind it. When the balance runs out the line is cut, nothing more is charged, and time bought and not burned comes back on refund. Paid and settled on chain; not idempotent, each call buys another block. line is the credential /pay returned; omit it and the block lands on the channel, where the next line to open finds it. Not needed when a call carries its own payment. Example: {"line":"<the credential /pay returned>"}