# Function: shouldInitiate()

```ts
function shouldInitiate(us, them): boolean;
```

Defined in: [packages/core/src/network/introductions.ts:68](https://github.com/leifriksheim/minca/blob/main/core/src/network/introductions.ts#L68)

Which side offers when two peers learn of each other at once, so they never make two half-open connections

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `us` | `string` |
| `them` | `string` |

## Returns

`boolean`