Would the protocol have to be adapted by this year at the latest? Otherwise the system would collapse when it reaches this limit. Do I have a thinking error?
Please enlighten me. Thank you
It doesn't look to me like a thinking error. The wiki also tells that bitcoin will have a problem in 2106 (2038+68), so yes, until then somebody will have to find a fix, not only for bitcoin, but for many other databases and systems using that time format (and most systems will need a fix "already" in 2038).
However, I am sure it's not an urgent matter
Bitcoin uses an unsigned integer for the timestamp, so the year 2038 problem is delayed for another 68 years.