Successful for the narcissist that he is, but dont forget Bcash was 10% for ages, then went down to 1%. If they had hit 50% bitcoin had no recourse because miners would move to the longest most profitable chain and they had all (except slush) signalled they would move too. Revisionist Ver claims it was about tech. The issue was his giant ego. The argument for large blocks had a point, but a hostile fork of code you didnt write, to destroy upstream, is the lowest of the low. Imagine giving your spare time to give something to the world for free, then having someine take it and try to destroy you with your own work. It's like going to a food back and throwing boiling soup at the chef, then trying to pick his wallet as he burns.