No. NVK and coinkites behavior in the space was among the most terrible and "toxic".
They got a pass *because* they behaved awfully and postured as toxic maxis.
Not in spite of it.
it works because "toxic maximalism" has NO safeguards to verify that other maxis are not full of shit.
It is straight up groupthink only.
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I don't know if bitcoin maximalism factors in here, but otherwise I think this is true. Many of us figured NVK being an asshole was one element of him being really really good at his job.