Can Kaspa's proof-of-work scale to faster confirmation times?

Kaspa is described as the only proof-of-work cryptocurrency that can scale down confirmation times. Traditional proof-of-work blockchains like Bitcoin are secure and decentralized, but they are slow — faster confirmations were long thought to be possible only with proof-of-stake systems, which trade away some of that security and decentralization. Kaspa's design aims to deliver the security and decentralization of proof-of-work alongside the speed and throughput that were previously considered exclusive to proof-of-stake. For a beginner, this matters because it means you may not have to choose between a coin that is fast and one that is secure — Kaspa is built around the idea that you can have both.