>Bedrock Edition
>Strongholds generate randomly throughout the world and they are at least 160 blocks away from the world origin.
>Java Edition
>All strongholds are located at random coordinates within rings in all biomes
>There are eight rings, containing 128 strongholds in total
I never understood why people are forced to live close to spawn on Java if they want quick access to End dimension. Having this specific structure to be finite doesn't make any sense from design standpoint. Sure, they look cool just like End Island rings, but that's it.