The answer is no.
Although there's push for future aspirants to do do away with accepting any kind of trail magic, he's following previously established guidelines for a self-supported attempt. And bumping into some trail runners with extra salt counts as a truly random act of kindness, not prearranged.only accepting truly random acts of kindness (trail magic) that come my way
Of all controversy surrounding guidelines, I applaud him for taking care to post honest, thorough and timely documentation (how else would we have learned about the salt tab?) With that said, hopefully his start date getting out hasn't dissuaded him from continuing to share daily splits...