The idea goes like this. I think it would be a good idea to make a chunk of gold in the shape of
That's the real point of this fiasco. You're putting $9,661,237.50 worth of gold out in the open air, to weather, and be seen, in the shape of something that is difficult, but not impossible, to move because you want to draw the interest of people who think they could get away with stealing it. The strategy in mind here is to create a scenario in which you intentionally leave a supposed vulnerability for bad guys, users, or opportunists to try and take advantage so that you can draw an attack from the darkness into the light where you can then put it down and neutralize it under your own conditions. (Incidentally this reminds me that this very thing is one of Trump's better qualities. He's drawing out crowds of ... interesting people, but all people of a certain kind. What you do with those people idk, but I have a feeling that there is a supernatural plan afoot about all that political nonsense).
So you have this cube out in the open and you would obviously want to fortify around it but I'm thinking you want to leave open the possibility of an aerial take-off with it as well. That, unfortunately, necessitates stocking ground to air defense mechanisms but all the expense of the defense of this object can easily be written off as training exercises. From domestic communications of people who may try building a drone to fly in and take off with it, to local ground surveillance for suspicious vehicular movement, to weeding out the idiot nut jobs who think they can sneak a peek with their toy drones, potential hostage situations, and so on and so forth.
I know that a ridiculous amount of money must be getting spent on defense training of all sorts anyway. So this whole setup would be a kind of training ground where serious personnel would have real resources for any scenario which could take place.
I believe that defense spending is a necessary evil while there are still dictators and warlords in the world who have grown up knowing nothing but violence and exploitation. And doing this on our own home turf would give anyone with half a brain the knowledge and security that their government has everything under control. Because if it seems plausible to a person that such a huge piece of valuable gold could be stolen but they themselves can go to this facility and get a small demonstration of the tension and the vigilance of the good guys, our police and federal security forces of all kinds, I believe people would pay to see that and it would bring a little peace of mind to us as well.