diff --git a/internal/anchor/client.go b/internal/anchor/client.go
index 971026a..b073ef7 100644
--- a/internal/anchor/client.go
+++ b/internal/anchor/client.go
@@ -122,9 +122,8 @@ func runOnce(ctx context.Context, anchorURL, netHash string, id *crypto.Identity
 				if already {
 					continue
 				}
-				// Use the same lexicographic tiebreak as anchor join to avoid
-				// both sides trying to offer simultaneously.
-				if strings.Compare(string(id.PeerID()), string(pid)) <= 0 {
+				// Lower ID offers (matches yaw2/browser convention).
+				if strings.Compare(string(id.PeerID()), string(pid)) >= 0 {
 					continue
 				}
 				go func(pid proto.PeerID) {
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ func runOnce(ctx context.Context, anchorURL, netHash string, id *crypto.Identity
 			log.Printf("anchor: joined network, %d peer(s) present", len(msg.Peers))
 			for _, peerHex := range msg.Peers {
 				pid := proto.PeerID(peerHex)
-				if strings.Compare(string(id.PeerID()), peerHex) > 0 {
+				if strings.Compare(string(id.PeerID()), peerHex) < 0 {
 					go func(pid proto.PeerID) {
 						sess, err := startOffer(ctx, pid, id, m, s)
 						if err != nil {
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ func runOnce(ctx context.Context, anchorURL, netHash string, id *crypto.Identity
 		case proto.AnchorPeerJoin:
 			pid := proto.PeerID(msg.ID)
 			log.Printf("anchor: peer joined: %s", pid.Short())
-			if strings.Compare(string(id.PeerID()), msg.ID) > 0 {
+			if strings.Compare(string(id.PeerID()), msg.ID) < 0 {
 				go func(pid proto.PeerID) {
 					sess, err := startOffer(ctx, pid, id, m, s)
 					if err != nil {