I see you are completly missing the point.
http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-actually-works/
btw: whats stopping me from sending my own balance anon to a new address i own?
Already discussed. Nothing does stop you. Here XC behaves exactly as BTC, being 5 years open source heavy tested on the main net.
So why XC, not BTC?
I am honest to believe that anonymity is not prime feature of XC. But community is configured aggressive not just for criticism but for regard another main feature of XC.
It's not about trying to hide something, but protecting IP.
Have a look at this ALTs market, scam coins flood again and agin. If open source at this stage, there'll be XC1, XC2, XC3 tomorrow morning when you wake up.
You mentioned OPEN HW? do you know even CPU has software in it? How do you think Intel and Qualcomm will open source for you? Are you kidding?
BTW, if you have interesting in below ISA code of CPU, we could have a talk LOL.