He may be slightly more paranoid than what is healthy (which may be inherent in the security domain he is an expert in), but I would not call him crazy.

Also, it is not as black and white, copperhead os did try to backstab him by selling his own work. Also, a secure OS is very much the same as cryto — you don’t roll your own. And while the enthusiasm is welcome in this space, it is simply a ridiculously hard domain which should not be done by novices.