Why does my exchange take so long to confirm Kaspa deposits?

Exchange confirmation requirements are conservative business decisions, not limitations of the Kaspa protocol. When an exchange waits for multiple confirmations before crediting your deposit, it is applying its own internal policy to guard against rare edge cases — the same reason those exchanges require 6 Bitcoin confirmations (60 minutes) before crediting BTC. Kaspa itself reaches strong probabilistic finality within seconds. For a beginner, the takeaway is that a slow exchange deposit reflects the exchange's caution, not a speed problem with Kaspa.