fix: skip signature verification during local replay

[bmuddha]

What changed

• Move signature verification into the public transaction accessor.
• Add a private accessor for sanitized transactions read from the trusted local ledger.
• Route only startup recovery transactions through the verification bypass; replication remains verified.

Closes #72

Impact

Local recovery no longer serially verifies retained transaction signatures before sequencing. Live submissions, replication, structural sanitization, and Magicblock authority validation are unchanged.

Reviewer notes

The trust boundary is the transaction arm in Engine::try_replay. This bypass must be removed before accepting replay from an untrusted ledger source.

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Transaction composition no longer performs signature verification automatically. Live transaction construction now verifies signatures before creating a transaction accessor. Startup replay routes serialized transaction entries through a trusted replay constructor that preserves sanitization and composition while skipping signature verification, then schedules the transactions. Non-transaction startup entries continue through the existing engine replay path.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: skipping signature verification during trusted local replay.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description accurately explains the verification changes, trust boundary, preserved paths, and linked issue.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes skip verification only for startup recovery while preserving sanitization, authority validation, and verification for external transactions [#72].
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to transaction verification and trusted local replay paths described in issue #72.
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Inline comments:
In `@engine/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 194-199: Protect the ledger replay trust boundary by removing
public raw access to LedgerHandle::appender through Keeper::ledger, or by
validating Event::Transaction and TransactionEntry before they are persisted.
Ensure data reaching TransactionAccessor::replay has passed the same signature
verification used by Engine::replay, while preserving valid transaction
persistence and startup replay.

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