As far as I can tell, James is legit. Every day he is on encrypted chat and even working on Sundays. And he is very concerned about producing the best technology. He is always available for in depth technical discussions. And he displays a breadth of understanding of the technical issues.
I have never doubt this. I follow the work of James more than one and a half year now and he was always very supportive and communicative. Especially on the Nxt forum. What I am getting worried about is the long term development. When SuperNet started many exisiting projects (like Ethereum, Lisk,...) were not even be planned. These are indirect competitors and I am not sure anymore if SuperNet can compete to these new projects.
Well the competitors are all highly flawed:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1504601.msg15143893#msg15143893Including Ethereum which I think will never get their consensus algorithm to work correctly:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1504381.msg15138357#msg15138357jl777 has the advantage of having one of the smartest guys at his behest. But I don't yet know if how much I will be helping him. Seems the latest series of posts has somehow offended him perhaps as I hear nothing from him in chat past 2 days.