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Thanks for the late entry. Best of luck!
Running a bot doesn't require a lot of costs, at least not compared to being a witness. But depending on the complexity of the bot, it might take considerable amount of time and/or money to develop it. So with some programming skills it is not mission impossible. But you also need to have good use for it.
I'm currently having a bot of my own that I use for curation and to simplify a number of tasks. Still need to fine tune a couple of things before I make it public. Idea was to make it available to @minnowsupport on PALnet.
Below is an example of one output from the where I can quickly check posts with the #minnowsupportproject tag.
--- Top 10 Posts with Highest Payout Value in MinnowSupportProject ---
https://steemit.com/meetyourmods/@aggroed/meet-your-mod-gmuxx - 157.632 SBD
https://steemit.com/delegation/@minnowsupport/100k-sp-delegation-drive-and-40-sbd-weekly-resteem-contest - 124.436 SBD
https://steemit.com/milestone/@minnowsupport/msp5k - 117.383 SBD
https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@minnowsupport/2-wonderful-folks-answer-the-call-to-minnow-service-a-thank-you-note-to-berniesanders-and-stitchybitch - 108.302 SBD
https://steemit.com/minnowsupport/@crimsonclad/a-love-letter-to-the-pond-reflections-on-the-surface-and-at-the-heart-of-the-minnow-support-project - 106.281 SBD
https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@minnowsupport/4934lt-minnow-support-project-weekly-resteem-winners - 100.490 SBD
https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@minnowsupport/msp-rules-guidelines-1503009558 - 96.480 SBD
https://steemit.com/creativity/@fortified/animate-or-introducing-my-alt-account-dedicated-to-customized-gif-animations-for-your-steemit-posts - 95.428 SBD
https://steemit.com/contest/@aggroed/sammosk-wins-the-delegation-and-puts-it-on-creative-bot-new-500-sp-delegation-challenge - 85.358 SBD
https://steemit.com/contest/@aggroed/250-sp-delegation-art-contest-results-from-my-radio-show-giveaway-and-5x100sp-delegations-for-55-word-stories-new-500-sp - 80.717 SBD