My Bruce Wayne senses are tingling here. My powers of deduction lead me to believe Magician and Venetian are PhantomPhreak and xnova alts. Very smart asking yourself questions there as a diversionary tactic. Keep up the great work guys. I'm a huge fan. Decentralize everything. If I'm wrong, then this must be the 100th Monkey Effect occurring before our eyes.
This would pull focus away from what Counterparty which is not something Phantom or X would do. Counterparty is already a big enough project, I'm sure.