The Pi-Hole script uses that same list as part of a consolidated list: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;pi-hole&#x2F;pi-hole&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;adlists.default" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;pi-hole&#x2F;pi-hole&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;adlists.defau...</a><p>It then installs an updater via cron to check for updated lists every week.<p>As to your experience with speed, I&#x27;m kind of surprised. The only time I noticed a speed difference is when I blackholed domains in the hosts file that didn&#x27;t resolve to a valid web server (i.e. resolving to 127.0.0.1 without having a web server running), and that&#x27;s the opposite of what you describe. The pi-hole script also installs lighttpd to serve up a placeholder page, and uses some tricks like mod_expire to improve performance.