We might hard fork before that - to fix the Y2038 problem.
There won't be any issues in Bitcoin in 2038, that issue will appear in 2106 as Satoshi said:
unsigned int is good until 2106. Surely the network will have to be totally revamped at least once by then.
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That's correct. I never said the issue will appear in 2038, I meant before the year, mentioned above my comment - 2128.
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