Minor clarification of ExtID with zero length #17
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(thanks to @ilzheev for this discovery)
It is currently possible to add zero-length ExtIDs and both the factom client and factomd handle them fine.
Example: https://explorer.factom.pro/chains/98133e8546d2ced588807803795b1bad5d7cfa2faa0371bfcf5e560ccf5add29
This entry has three ExtIDs that are zero length. Raw data:
0098133e8546d2ced588807803795b1bad5d7cfa2faa0371bfcf5e560ccf5add2900090000000000000001de224e657720636861696e2e22