<![CDATA[Purpose – This study examines how perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and Sharia compliance shape trust in blockchain-based mudharabah smart contracts and how trust drives the behavioral intention to adopt them.Methodology – An online survey of 300 purposively selected Islamic bank customers in Indonesia, screened for familiarity with digital financial services and blockchain, was analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), drawing on the technology acceptance model and the Sharia compliance perspective.Findings – Perceived usefulness (β = 0.707) and Sharia compliance (β = 0.234) significantly increased trust, whereas perceived ease of use did not (β = 0.041; p = 0.069). Trust strongly predicted behavioral intention (β = 0.889) and mediated the effects of perceived usefulness (β = 0.629) and Sharia compliance (β = 0.208), but not perceived ease of use. The model explains 91.9% of the variance in trust and 79.1% in the behavioral intention.Implications – Adoption depends more on demonstrable functional benefits and visible Sharia governance than on interface simplicity; therefore, Islamic banks and fintech developers should prioritize transparency and auditable Sharia assurance mechanisms in smart contract design.Originality – Prior Islamic fintech research has treated technology acceptance and Sharia compliance as separate explanations for adoption. This study jointly models them as antecedents of trust in a decentralized contract setting, where automation removes the human intermediary that conventionally guarantees Sharia conformity — a configuration not previously tested on Islamic banking customers.]]>
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