What does it mean when a transaction is confirmed?

A confirmation means your transaction has been included in a block and added to the Malairte blockchain. When you first send coins, the transaction is pending — broadcast to the network but not yet written into a block. Once miners include it in the next block, it gets its first confirmation. Every additional block built on top adds another confirmation, making the transaction harder and harder to reverse. For small everyday amounts, a few confirmations are plenty. For larger transfers, people often wait for more to be extra safe. You can watch confirmations climb in real time by looking up your transaction ID on a block explorer. More confirmations simply mean the payment is more deeply and permanently locked into the chain.