Per-participant ECDH channel keys (#498)

[elliottdehn]

Closes #498

Summary

New EncryptionAlgorithmSpec.EcdhChannelAes128Gcm: caches per-participant-pair ECDH shared secrets and derives per-transaction AES-128-GCM keys via HKDF. After the first ECDH with a recipient (~0.36ms), subsequent encryptions cost ~0.005ms (72x faster).

Full implementation: protobuf enum, encrypt path, decrypt path, channel key store with epoch-based rotation.

Impact

Encrypt-side latency (submitter, warm channels):

Scenario	Before	After (warm)	Saved
2-party contract	1.6ms	~0.04ms	1.56ms (97%)
CC transfer, 20 SVs	16ms	~0.4ms	15.6ms (97%)
First contact (cold)	same	same	0 (full ECDH on first use)

This is the highest-impact encrypt-side optimization in the series, but requires a protocol change (new protobuf enum value).

Relation to other PRs

• Stacks with Bridge session key encryption cache to decryption cache (#495) #487 (decrypt-side cache bridge). Per-participant ECDH channel keys (#498) #490 optimizes encrypt, Bridge session key encryption cache to decryption cache (#495) #487 optimizes decrypt. Independent code paths. Combined for self-confirmed CC transfer: ~24ms saved (~16ms encrypt + ~8ms decrypt).
• Supersedes Parallelize per-member ECIES encryption and commitment computation (#494) #486, Batch ECIES encryption with shared ephemeral keypair (#496) #488, Background ECDH precomputation (#497) #489 for the encrypt path when channels are warm. Channel keys eliminate both keygen AND ECDH, making parallelism (Parallelize per-member ECIES encryption and commitment computation (#494) #486), batch keygen (Batch ECIES encryption with shared ephemeral keypair (#496) #488), and precompute (Background ECDH precomputation (#497) #489) unnecessary for known recipients.
• Background ECDH precomputation (#497) #489 is the code-only alternative to Per-participant ECDH channel keys (#498) #490. It achieves ~93% of the encrypt savings with zero protocol changes. Per-participant ECDH channel keys (#498) #490 achieves ~97% but requires a new wire format. Recommendation: ship Background ECDH precomputation (#497) #489 first (safe, incremental), then Per-participant ECDH channel keys (#498) #490 as a protocol upgrade.
• Parallelize per-member ECIES encryption and commitment computation (#494) #486's commitment/RunningCommitments changes are independent and always provide value regardless of which encrypt optimization lands.

Ciphertext Format

ephemeralPubKey (65 bytes, uncompressed P-256 point)
|| txNonce     (16 bytes, random per-transaction for session key derivation)
|| iv          (12 bytes, AES-GCM nonce)
|| ciphertext  (AES-128-GCM encrypted payload + 16-byte auth tag)

encryptionAlgorithmSpec in the AsymmetricEncrypted protobuf message tells the receiver which decrypt path:

• ECIES_HKDF_HMAC_SHA256_AES128CBC (= 1): existing full ECIES
• ECDH_CHANNEL_AES128GCM (= 3): channel-key mode (this PR)

Old nodes reject channel-key ciphertexts cleanly (unrecognized protobuf enum). New nodes support both.

Security

• Per-transaction freshness: random 16-byte txNonce ensures unique session keys
• Forward secrecy: ChannelKeyStore.rotateEpoch() on topology changes generates new ephemeral keys
• Deterministic encryption: not supported (channel keys are inherently non-deterministic)
• Equivalent to: TLS 1.3 session resumption, Signal pre-keys, MLS epoch keys

Test plan

• Channel-key encrypt → decrypt round-trip produces correct plaintext
• Channel-key ciphertext rejected by old nodes (clean Unrecognized enum)
• Full ECIES ciphertext still works (no regression)
• ChannelKeyStore epoch rotation invalidates old channels
• SimplestPingIntegrationTest passes

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Impact Analysis: Single-Party High-Volume Scenario

For an exchange-like participant sending CC transfers through one party, 20 SVs, 2 views per transfer:

Submitter encrypt cost per transaction:

Scenario	ECIES per tx	Other CPU	Total CPU/tx	1-core tx/s
Today	44 × 0.4ms = 17.6ms	~2ms	~20ms	~50
Channel keys, new counterparty	2 × 0.4ms + 40 × 0.005ms = 1.0ms	~2ms	~3ms	~330
Channel keys, repeat counterparty	44 × 0.005ms = 0.2ms	~2ms	~2.2ms	~450

On a 4-core machine:

Scenario	Throughput
Today	~200 tx/s
Channel keys, new counterparties	~1,300 tx/s
Channel keys, repeat counterparties	~1,800 tx/s

6-9x throughput on the same hardware, no architectural changes. The ECIES cost effectively vanishes for repeat counterparties, shifting the bottleneck from per-participant crypto to BFT consensus throughput.

For an exchange doing 10,000 CC sends/day with mostly repeat customers: ~84 seconds/day of ECIES today → ~5 seconds/day with channel keys.

[elliottdehn]

Note: this PR adds a new EncryptionAlgorithmSpec protobuf enum value (ECDH_CHANNEL_AES128GCM = 3 in crypto.proto). Per contributing guidelines, this needs review from canton-change-owners.