I agree with Rizzo. Nic is lashing out undeservedly IMO - he's been duplicitous. Once, building a platform on maximalists and playing coy about his altcoining ("oh this VC firm I'm in makes altcoin investments"), and when faced with some fair blowback, disowns the group. Given how smart and measured Nic usually is, I can't help but think something else is going on and this "fight" is just him blowing off unrelated steam.

There are many flavors to maximalism and I personally line up pretty well with James O'Beirne's flavor.